ALEX
We stood in the hospital room watching Grandfather who was asleep looking more peaceful than ever, the room was silent only the beeping of the heart monitor and Aliyah's sobbing could be heard. It gave me some type of nostalgic feeling that made my chest twist, looking down at him brought back memories of my father when he was hospitalized before he passed on. I looked over at Maddie who was picking the dirt from her nails with a palpable expression on her face that she rather be anywhere but here.
My uncle Hugh rushed in and was the only present child of my grandfather. Grandfather had three children, two boys and a girl. My father is dead and Victoria, Natalie’s mother is somewhere over the sea, traveling and exploring the world as she likes.
“What happened to my father?” He aske
