Colleen POV
I have a pretty uneventful night in the hospital and slept pretty well considering. No one is with me as my Mom left to go home and Kory went to be with Rachel and the kids as I wanted. I sit up in the side of my bed and glance at the time. '10:02am'. I havent slept that long for years. I hear the door open and look up to see Joshua. I start to get emotional and look away. "Colleen I am sorry I upset you but I had to come back" he says. "I asked you not to come back right yet Josh! Why dont you listen to me?" I ask getting angry. "Your Mom asked me too" he says starting to cry. "My Mom? Why would she tell you to come ba...?" I ask and then stop midway through my question. He looks at me with tears rolling down his face as my Mom and a nurse come in behind him. I look at my Moms face. She has been crying. "Mom?" I beg. "Whats going on? Where is Dad?" I ask starting to cry. "He isn't doing well Colleen. He has pneumonia" she says as Josh sits beside me. "Ok well they can treat that and then he will be fine" I say smiling. "Right?" I ask. She shakes her head no. "Colleen he is on life support sweetheart. He has about 24 hours or less" she says sobbing. "He has 3 months. He told me last week" I say breaking down some more. "I am sorry baby" Josh says as he hugs me. I feel frozen. I don't know what to do with myself. I see the nurse walk over to my Iv and give me meds. "Colleen please breathe baby" Josh says. "How can I breathe? My dad is dying!" I say as I stand up and drop to the ground. "Oh my god nooooo!" I scream wailing. "Baby" Josh says rubbing my back. I ignore him and cry. I hear machines start beeping and someone say something about my blood pressure. I feel the nurse hold my arm and give me a shot. "We will go see him ok sweetheart?" Josh says. I sit up and lean against the seat of a chair and stare into space before I see my Mom sit in front of me. She grabs my face. "Colleen Mae your father would not appreciate you making yourself worse over him. Please slowdown. Acting like this will not help anyone" she says as I nod. I grab her and hug her tight crying. "Colleen lets go see him. All the kids are in his room on the 10th floor here" she says. "Who has our kids, Kory?" I ask. "Yes honey" she says. I feel arms reach underneath me as Josh scoops me up to my feet. We are arm in arm as we walk towards the elevators. This is a nightmare. A terrible one at that.
