Chapter 356

At Slitton Hospital, Nelson stood behind the glass, looking at the infant on the hospital bed. The baby was just slightly bigger than a rabbit, with thin arms and legs and skin so pale it was almost transparent. Nelson remembered Cameron didn't look like this when he was born. Although he wasn't exactly pretty, he was chubby and cute. Xyla was especially concerned about the baby she "picked up". She believed that since she found the baby, he was hers. Every day, she insisted on going to the hospital with Shannon to check on the baby. Standing on her tiptoes, Xyla pressed her face against the glass. "Uncle Nelson, is this baby really yours?" Nelson had been in a daze since New Year's Eve. He didn't know if the baby was his. After bringing the baby home and realizing the baby had a fever, he rushed him to the hospital. He hadn't left since and hadn't even changed his clothes in days. "How is the baby?" Shannon asked. "The fever has gone down, but the baby was born prematurely and i