(Sabrina's POV)
Ten minutes later, Kate comes to get us to meet Ethan.
She looks at Jake. "Jake, your daddy...he might not react the way you expect when he sees you. But it's not because he doesn't care. It's because his brain is missing the memories you built together."
"I understand,, Granny" Jake says. But I'm not sure he does.
We walk down the hall. To room 307. To the man who became our whole world.
The man who might not know us anymore.
Kate opens the door.
Ethan is sitting up in bed. The ventilator is gone. The worst of the machines are gone. He looks more like himself.
Except for the way he looks at us. Curious. Assessing. Like trying to get to know two interesting strangers.
Which, I suppose, we are.
His gaze falls on Jake, and his voice is inquisitive, careful when he s
