Before Jake was admitted to the hospital, Juliette had left for her trip to London. But as soon as she got the news the he was too sick and would probably not make it, she rushed back to America as quick as she could. 

Juliette pushed past a nurse trying to stop her from entering the Jake’s room, insisting that she knew the family. She managed to duck underneath the nurse’s arm and enter the room, only for gasp and cover her hands with her mouth. Looking at the state the boy was in, no wonder she had been feeling terrible for the past couple of days. 

Juliette quietly stepped over to Alicia’s side, gently touching her arm. “I made it as quick as I could,” she murmured, staring down at the slumbering boy. No matter how times she had done this, it never got easier. She could even feel tears start to swell in her eyes.