Willow leaned over and kissed her mom's cheek and ran her hand from her mom's forehead to her cheek. "I love you mom, we'll be back tomorrow to see you. Get some rest, ok?" "I love you too honey. Will you give me a minute with Brody?" Lauren asked. Willow nodded and kissed her mom's cheek again before leaving the two of them alone.Lauren looked to Brody and grabbed his hand. "For some reason, I know that I'm not going to make it through this. I need you to be strong for my daughter, and don't let her push you away. She loves you with all her heart, don't ever forget that. Please take care of her. She is so special to me, and it breaks my heart to have to leave her." Lauren finally let the tears spill out of her eyes. "I know that I won't be here physically for your wedding, but I will be there in spirit. I couldn't have picked a better son-in-law myself. As a boss I am proud of the work that you do. As a mother-in-law, I am proud of the man my daughter has chosen to marry. Thank you for giving her your love."Brody didn't know what to say as the tears rolled down his eyes too. "I love your daughter more than anything. I will keep her safe and will never do anything to hurt her. She is everything to me, and I will do all I can to make her life happy and full." Brody choked on a sob. "I want to thank you for everything that you've done for me since I've met you. You have been such an inspiration at work, and I wouldn't be where I am now if it wasn't for you. You have really made an impact in this world, and especially on all of us. If you do go, you better watch over us all and make sure we stay on the right path, ok?"Lauren nodded. "You better go. Thank you Brody.""Thank you, Mom. Get some rest now." Brody said and kissed Lauren's forehead. He wiped his eyes and walked out of the room.Lauren laid in her bed and prayed, for the first time in a long time, then slowly drifted off to sleep.Back at Brody's house, Willow and Sierra were trying to relax, with the help of Micah and Brody. They knew that there was nothing they could do but wait this all out over the next few days, so they were trying to take their minds off it. The girls were in the game room watching the movie "Old School", and the guys were in the kitchen getting drinks.Brody was explaining to Micah what had happened, how Lauren was telling them that she wanted her will changed and that she didn't want to be kept alive on life support. He told him how brave Lauren was being about everything, even though she had confided in Brody that she knew she wasn't going to make it. Brody knew that he had to tell Micah so that he'd be prepared to help Sierra if Lauren didn't come out of the surgery ok.Brody brought the drinks back to the girls, then headed upstairs. He went into his bathroom and drew Willow a bath in his Whirlpool tub. He put plenty of bubbles in there and turned on the jets. Her movie was getting ready to end, so by the time he finished, she would be ready to come upstairs.After he turned the water off, Brody went downstairs to get Willow. They had just shut the movie off, so Willow was ready to go upstairs. She said goodnight to Sierra and Micah and followed Brody up the stairs. After they got to the bedroom and Brody had shut the door, Willow sat on the bench at the end of the bed. Brody sat behind her and began massaging her shoulders. Willow let her head drop and moaned at the feel of his hands."I'm going to pamper you tonight darling. I know you're upset about your mom, but she wants us to celebrate our engagement." Brody said softly."I know she does and we will celebrate. I'm going to try not to think about it too much. After all, the doctor did say that the worst case scenario is that she'd need a transplant, and those go fine all the time, right?" She asked Brody."Yeah, they do. Your mom is a strong woman Willow.
