die?!

Joshua squeezed her hand. "No. The doctors will save him."

Neither of the kids had any real understanding of death.Exclusive content from .

It was just something they saw on the TV.

But the serious looks on the adults' faces gave them a bad feeling.

Jennie had no idea what happened.

One moment, she was squealing in delight as the train reached the top and started its fast dive.

The next, she was buried in Daddy's arms and couldn't see anything else.

She heard a muffled groan.

Then a thud

The next thing she knew, she was sitting up on the floor, with Daddy lying underneath her like a cushion.

Kira stared at the closed double door of the operating theatre.

She had not moved since the doctors wheeled Austyn inside.

Luca and Isabel were saying something, but she heard not a word.

It was all she could do to remain on her feet.

If she moved, she was going to collapse.

The pungent smell of antiseptic brought back waves of traumatising memory.

She hated hospitals.

She lost her father there.

She was afraid of losing Austyn, too..

The sight of him covered in blood was something she would never forget

As minutes, then hours, passed by, Kira made a deal with herself.

If Austyn pulled through this time, she would forgive him.

The past was no longer so important in the face of death.

All she wanted was for him to be alive and well

"Kira, he's going to be fine. Isabel finished talking to the kids and came back to stand next to her friend

Luca stayed with the twins and tried to distract them with phone games.

Kira did not respond.

Isabel sighed. 'I got a doctor to check on the kids just now. They are both line. Jennie doesn't have a scratch on her.

Kira mumbled a 'thank you."

Austyn protected her well, Isabel said. "The kids may have nightmares, though. You need to pull it together, for their sake Kira nodded The light above the operating room's door went out.

A surgeons came out.

"How is he?' label approached.