"Oh you are such a sweetheart!" Mrs. Napier said, "Goodbye dear."

"Bye," I said. And then I was alone in the waiting room. For a while I just sat and read, wondering where the doctor was. I could have still been in the green room with Lucy. My mind kept going back to that. What did it mean? It couldn't possibly be a bad thing. She had totally turned my day around. I was almost excited to be alive again.

After about twenty minutes of waiting the door opened. I set down my magazine and looked up, expecting to see Dr. Marta walking into the room. It was almost time...