Is he going to make it?
Emily sat quietly next to her father’s bed, waiting for him to awaken. This was not the reunion she had hoped for.
How had things gotten to this point? Emily had a vague memory of her father’s kindness when she was very young, and her mother was still alive. Afterward, it was as if she had lost both her parents. He was distracted, sometimes annoyed, by Emily’s presence. Yesterday she had told him that she loved him, although she wasn’t sure it was true. Maybe it was wishful, or maybe we’re all hard-wired to love our parents despite the pain they cause us.
Emily used to observe the neighbors on the street as a teenager. Natalie and Felix looked so perfect, and although they weren’t old enough to be her parents, she had wished she could be their child. It was odd t
