Kelsie spent an hour chiding Dustin Mercer before the man accepted he was in the wrong and stomped out of the hospital.
A while later, a knock sounded on her door and a nurse came in shortly after.
"Dr. Sutton, Karen Kunstler has requested to be taken home today. She says she'd recuperate better there. What do I tell her? Will that be possible?"
Kelsie had her eyes lowered to her phone as she nodded without looking up.
"Of course. I'll sign off on it once I've confirmed she's recuperated from enough to leave her ward."
"Okay, doctor."
As the nurse left her office, she dialed Jett's number a third time. But like the first two times, it went unanswered.
Just when she was growing worried, he called back.
"I'm sorry, I took them to this amusement park after school. Zade said he had to meet someone."
"I see. I just wanted to be sure you were all fine."
"We were… and are still fine. It would've been nice if you were here too, though."
"Really? Next time, then?"
