Stephanie Peterson

I’ll Take Care of You

Annie pushed her chocolate brown hair out of her eyes for the hundredth time regretting cutting bangs into her hair a few months back. She sat in the hospital waiting room while the doctor ran tests on her husband, Mark. “What is taking them so long?” She said aloud looking away from the tv and craning her neck in the direction of his room. She brought Mark in after his cold had gotten worse and he’d become short of breath. They assumed it was nothing serious but wanted to get checked out just in case it was the Coronavirus. Dr. Gamble walked towards her with a somber look on her face and all of a sudden chills spread over her entire body. She knew.