Hexcode: #339999
Jay felt his entire body go numb as she uttered those last words. "I...I didn't even get to say goodbye.." Immediately he gently put both of his hands on either side of her face, swiping a thumb across her cheek to catch a falling tear.
"Don't you feel guilty over this, Linds. Don't you blame yourself." He choked back his own tears as he was talking to both himself and his wife. He had known it was a risky thing to do; to take her away from her grandmother while she was in such a fragile position. He pulled her into his chest and just wrapped her up in his arms, running a hand up and down her back while trying to soothe her.
There wasn't much he could do besides console her and wait to see how she would handle it. Would she shut him out? Would she turn to anger? Would she pretend it didn't happen? There were so many different ways to handle grief, and in this particular situation he wasn't sure which path she would go down.