My 17-Year-Old Son Shaved His Head for His Sick Girlfriend – The Next Day, Her Mother Said, ‘You Need to Come to the Hospital and See What Your Son Did’

“I can’t do this on the phone.”

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The automatic doors of the hospital slid open, and I walked in too fast, my car keys still clenched in my fist.

Diane was already waiting in the corridor, her arms crossed tightly against her chest, when I arrived. She didn’t smile or even say hello.

“Rachel. Come with me.”

I followed her down the hallway, past the nurses’ station, past a cart of folded blankets.

My mouth was dry.

“Diane, please, just tell me. Is Lily okay? Did Aaron say something? What happened?”

“He crossed a line,” she said, not slowing down.

“Come with me.”

“A line? Diane, my son shaved his head for your daughter. He did it out of love.”

My friend stopped so suddenly that I almost walked into her. Her eyes were red, but her jaw was set.