Chapter 364: Never Felt More Useless

Tristan's POV:

I have never felt more useless. I'm a pro-active guy. I'm a fixer. I'm pragmatic. Right now though, not so much. No matter how I think it through, there is nothing I can do to make this right.

All I can do is sit by her side and make sure that all the little things are done. I can make sure that Clara and Andrew pick up Thomas and take him out for dinner, to give us time to deal with the hospital stuff.

I can make sure she has a bottle of water in case she gets thirsty. I can provide food that she probably won't eat even though her body is literally starving right now.

I can hold her hand.

That might be the most useful thing I can do right now, as insane as it sounds. I can be here.

I stand behind her, a hand on her shoulder as she tells her mum how much she loves her one last time. She promises to look after Thomas and Tia. She promises to tell Thomas that his mummy loves him every single day.