Powerless
Brooks felt powerless as he sat frozen in the squashed plane seat. He felt a pang of terror. Though Haley had gone into labor, he was completely clueless about what was happening. He was trying to figure it out, but his reception was failing.
The video signal kept cutting out, but he was still able to hear the audio. He heard doctors speaking quietly, and then Haley screamed. He shouted into his phone, desperate to know what was happening, but the call suddenly cut out. The reception was failing him.
He couldn’t even imagine what was going on in that delivery room.