" That's enough,” he said, voice low, yet authoritative. He dismissed her, but she insisted on staying back, looking my way with glaring suspicion.
“ You should head home. I will be once he wakes up.
I felt some fresh wounds reopen. I was once his home. I was once the woman he said those words to. As if it hadn't smashed my heart hard against the wall, she tilted his head and pressed her lips against his.
A sly remark. She's the one who owns him now.
However snappy, it rubbed my thoughts for the rest of the day, imagination wild with a similar scenario.
One week later, my little boy was awake and stable. It was time to bid farewell.
“ I can't thank you enough for the sacrifices you have made for my son.…”
He chuckled. “ Isn't that what family is?"
"Hazel, you and Kelvin are part o
