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Sandy. This is me.”
    “I’m trying not to fall apart right now. Crying won’t help.”
    “I know. I know.” He went to hug her, but she shook her head, taking a step back, holding onto the door. She really couldn’t handle it right now as she struggled to hold it all in.
    “I can’t right now, and if you let me, I’m not going to stop. I’ve got to stay strong right now, and I won’t be strong if you hold me.”
    Stink nodded. “I’ll be here.”
    She forced a smile, and left him alone, going through the door. Next stop for her was the children’s ward. Out of all the places to go the children’s ward was the worst. One of the things she hated about being a doctor was death. When it came to children, death was even worse. They’d not had the chance to live, and for Sandy it had always been hard to say goodbye to young patients. Many a night she had gone home in floods of tears, wondering why the hell she’d become a doctor in the first place. Simon and Tabitha, they were two sweet children that hadn’t been given the real chance to live. Sally was also there as well. She was still considered a child even though she’d been through her own kind of hell. Sally had been adopted by Lacey and Whizz, who couldn’t have any children of their own. Sandy really felt for Lacey. For all of Lacey’s faults, there was one thing Sandy couldn’t fault her on and that was her ability to mother.
    Outside the door, Sandy washed her hands in the anti-bacterial solution, and entered. She nodded at the nurses and staff as she passed them by. No one stopped her.
    “The Skulls and Chaos Bleeds kids, where are they?” she asked, stopping at the main desk in the room.
    “Over there,” the nurse said.
    Sandy made her way down the far corridor and saw the large room that was big enough to fit two patients. On one bed lay Simon, on the other, Tabitha. Eva and Tiny sat by the bed of Tabitha holding her hand. Devil and Lexie were next to Simon. They knew they didn’t have to worry about their other babies. It was why being part of The Skulls and Chaos Bleeds was so good. There was always someone willing to help. They were all a family at the core.
    “What’s going on?” Sandy asked.
    They all turned to her.
    Tubes were hooked up to both children, and Sandy found herself collapsing against the doorframe. “Fuck!” This was not a sight she ever wanted to see. Simon and Tabitha, they were good kids. Their affection for each other was truly startling, and at times, Sandy found herself wishing she’d had that growing up. Then she’d look toward Stink, and she’d see it in his eyes.
    “Simon stood in front of Tabitha, took a bullet, but it went straight through,” Devil said.
    “They were both hit with the same bullet?” Sandy asked.
    “Yeah. Fuck, Tiny, these are our kids. I’ve got a man who is at the end of his fucking patience. Spider is losing his shit. This shit can’t be happening for much longer. Andrew, he’s got to go, and we’ve got to hit him hard. This is just a distraction. He’s keeping us busy.”
    Tiny nodded. “We’re going to pay him back. Andrew is going to know what real pain is like.”
    Sandy entered the room and picked up Simon’s chart. She forced herself to keep on going, to keep on moving. The only way they survived was to keep on moving forward. She read through the transcripts seeing that he’d been in surgery to repair the damage the bullet had caused. There was also a note of a concussion, and Simon needed to be checked on every few hours. She did the same to Tabitha, seeing the young girl had the same problem. Staring at the two kids, Sandy wondered what it was that connected them. From when they were kids, they’d gravitated to each other, always by each other’s sides whenever they had the chance. Even during the fight between Devil and Tiny, the two kids had found ways of contacting each other. Their determination rivaled most marriages.
    Ever since they were babies, there