Chapter 172

Lake: The doctor let us be, and I settled back into the bench with Jojo. She sat close to me, and even if the doctor said Lucian was fine, I could see her continuously tap her right foot on the ground. I couldn't blame her, she was his mother and no one could understand the might of a mother's love, or a mother's worry. A second doctor - this time a male one - arrived to cross examine the child, just to make sure that Lucian was ready to come home. Thirty minutes had passed before the door opened in front of us. The doctor stepped out, two nurses followed him behind and one held our baby boy. Lucian's eyes were wide open now, he was sucking on his right thumb, his face squeezed, as though he was trying to sneeze. Jojo sprang up in a jiffy and rushed towards the nurse. The lady smiled and handed Lucian to her. "There you go big boy. Your mummy is here." Lucian sneezed first, before he made a tiny giggling noise. Jojo chuckled, she patted his back gently and placed a kiss on his small fo