Chapter 27:
I went home, everybody was already asleep or at least in bed. I got a glass of wine and went up to bed. It reminded me of the night before I brought Joel home. There was nothing more I could do. I could email the school, maybe one of the teachers would want to donate one of their kidneys. That was too much, as much as they were our friends, that was too much. I had to wait, and see what the court said about Rob allowing Jamie to get the surgery and if it didn’t work out then he was going on the transplant list. I sat on the edge of the empty bed, the bed that hadn’t been empty in months, I was just getting used to having Joel back when he was ripped away from me, yet, again. I listened to the silence of the dark room, I don’t think the house had been this quiet since Joel came home. Or ma
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