ELIJAH
I watched carefully as the doctor tried to get Leo to do the prescribed exercises. He’d arrived here about two hours ago and I’d sent him upstairs to Leo’s room to get started because I had something urgent to do at the office that couldn’t wait.
Every single time I decided to get up because I was finally free, someone walked in and then there was even more work piled on my desk.
I dropped everything immediately a maid informed me I was needed in Leo’s room. I took the stairs two at a time to get there faster. My heart was pounding. Was Leo hurt? Was something wrong?
“Hey doc, what is it? What’s wrong?”
Leo climbed down from his bed and ran straight to me, wrapping his little hands tightly around my leg. The doctor’s concerned face didn’t help me feel better. I picked Leo up ca
