I sit there and listen to the silence on the other end of the phone. Father was quiet for a long moment, and I was beginning to think that he was not going to respond to my request and he was going to make me heal her tonight anyways. Even though I really did not want to.
So I quietly waited.
And waited.
I waited for what felt like forever. I just needed him to give me some sort of response and hoped that it would be in my favor and he would be willing to let me just go to bed without healing her. Letting her suffer as she has to sleep through her pain tonight.
Finally, after what felt like forever, I heard dad’s voice in response.
“Fine, you said that she was already asleep, correct?" Dad asked.
Not the response that I was wanting to hear but fingers crossed he will cave in.
