"She needs surgery immediately, or she won't make it."
"Is Dr. Stewart the only one who can perform this surgery?"
"Yes. Your daughter suffered a severe head injury. Dr. Stewart is the only one in the city who has successfully performed this surgery."
"Can we transfer her to another city?"
"She won't survive the transfer. Dr. Stewart must perform the surgery. Go find him at Center Hospital."
Aiden was on vacation and had turned off his phone.
He was with Maria,
but I didn't have her contact information.
Suddenly, I remembered seeing her TikTok account recently. I opened TikTok and found her account.
I wanted to ask her privately, but she had just released a video.
The video was filmed at a hospital, and the caption was: [When I was most helpless, you always showed up first. Thank you for letting me lean on you. You are my big boy and I am your little woman.]
The video attached a location at Harborview Hospital.
I drove to Harborview.
After three hours, I arrived at Harborview Hospital at 8:30 in the morning.
I saw Aiden and Maria sitting on a bench.
Maria leaned on Aiden's shoulder.
"Aiden, my daughter will be okay, right?"
"Don't worry, it's just a minor surgery for meningitis. I can handle it."