OLIVIA’S POV
I was in the middle of a dream when the phone rang.
I do not remember what the dream was. Just the feeling of it. Something warm and undemanding. The kind of sleep that had been rare enough lately that my body was holding onto it with both hands.
The phone rang again.
I reached for it without opening my eyes. Squinted at the screen. The name on it made me sit up immediately.
Millbrook Medical Center.
My heart was already moving faster as I answered.
“Hello.” My voice came out thick with sleep.
“Good morning, Miss Olivia.” The doctor’s voice. Careful and precise the way it always was when delivering information he wanted received clearly. “I am calling with an update on your father.”
I gripped the phone tighter.
“He is stable. His condition has improved enough that w
