Judy's POV

One week.

Those words kept echoing in my head even as I sat on the cold hospital bench that night.

Sophia and I didn't go home.

We couldn't.

My mother was inside the operating room, and there was no way I would leave the hospital. I sat there with my back against the wall, my knees pulled close to my chest, staring at the red light above the theater door.

Operation in progress.

Every time the door opened, my heart jumped.

Sophia stayed beside me, quieter than usual. Even she didn't h