Channing's hospitalization required money—and worse still, Channing had lost movement on one side of his body. He needed someone with him at all times to take care of him. And neither she nor her mother were the kind of people who knew how to care for anyone.
Lucca felt nothing but despair. She had never been the sort of person who could remain calm and composed after a catastrophe. Now, it felt as if the entire world had collapsed around her. She clutched her head, sank down onto the floor of Channing's hospital room, and began screaming uncontrollably.
Naturally, her screams drew a nurse over. The nurse warned her sharply, displeasure written all over her face.
"Your father was just resuscitated. He needs rest right now. Have you given any thought to the patient at all, behaving so hysterically?"
