“I need you to come to the hospital,” Charlotte managed to say, her voice a mixture of grief and urgency. “Your father… he may not have much time left.” There was a profound silence, a mutual recognition of the weight of those words, and a shared, unspeakable sorrow.
Their sons, despite the shock and sorrow that gripped them, promised to be there as fast as possible. As Charlotte ended the calls, the silence of the room was deafening. The beeping of the machines monitoring Paul’s vitals seemed to accentuate the gravity of the situation.