The flower shop was the first place Aphrodite stopped on her way to the hospital. She knew the flowers she chose could not match the ones her sister, Persephone, could produce, but they would do. Aphrodite had called Sephi, who had assured her that she would be waiting in the lobby to take her to see Roxy. When Aphrodite arrived at the hospital, she hurried inside and found Sephi waiting in the lobby as promised.
“Oh, Sephi,” Aphrodite said, her voice trembling with concern as she hugged her sister. “How is Roxy holding up?”
“She is doing well, all things considered,” Sephi sighed, her voice heavy with the weight of the situation. “I think the one thing that has truly helped her is that Melanie took her to see Reginald in her dreams. Reginald told her she was doing the right thing, and t
