I laughed despite myself.
“That sounds right.”
“That you pretended not to cry.”
“What did she say?”
My smile faded.
“And that whenever she was scared, she thought about going home with you.”
I looked down at Mary’s letter.
She had been scared.
She just hadn’t wanted me to know how much.
She had been scared.
A nurse appeared at the doorway.
“Ma’am, sir?”
Ellen and Mark stood immediately.
The nurse smiled.
“Sophie’s out of surgery.”
A nurse appeared at the doorway.
Everything in the room stopped.
“She’s stable. The surgeon will speak with you shortly.”
Ellen made a sound somewhere between a laugh and a sob.
Mark pulled her into his arms.
Then Ellen looked at me.
Everything in the room stopped.
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