They stood listening to the words; these words didn’t seem correct, the air didn’t seem to clear in the vast hospital hallway, the words only echoed in their ears, and suddenly, the painful, quiet silence of her mother’s tears. Jamie’s parents stared down Shawn in the most disgusted way. Shawn’s sordid mind forced his eyes to turn away from them. He forcibly dragged his legs away from them, turning… the room spinning… and him collapsing onto the cold tile floors, wishing he could break in two.