When he called to tell her what happened to Loren, she could hear the hurt and loneliness in his voice and immediately booked a flight to be with him. He loved his mother and since she was his only child, he always got all of her attention. She loved hearing that he was in love and he knew that she was appreciative of how her family had always considered him a part of them since he and Duron had first become friends. His father had died when he was a young boy and though his mother could never replace his father, she made sure he always felt loved. After returning to the hospital with his mother in tow, Loren’s mother decided to take a break from sitting in Loren’s room and went with Mike’s mother to the hospital cafeteria to get something to eat. He couldn’t eat because he was too about Loren. He was thankful that the hospital had let him stay in the room with her beyond the normal fifteen minutes allowed with patients in intensive care. He wanted to be by her side as much as possible, just in case she woke up.
