Upon returning to the hospital room where Liam was supposed to wait for her, Julia couldn't help but stare at him with a growing sense of fear.

It wasn’t that she thought he had done something wrong; she was terrified of losing him. The thought of losing her son to the cold hands of death or to the cruel outside world was unbearable.

Sitting beside him, she reached out to gently caress his hair. A warm smile of relief spread across her lips as she gazed into his tender, innocent eyes.

“I’m sorry for leaving the room like that, Mommy. Please forgive me,” Liam pleaded in a soft, tender voice....