Room 314 and the Graduation Tickets for Hannah Morgan
Grant explained the diagnosis.
My father walked into Room 314 the next morning carrying a thick blue folder under his arm.
He didn’t say hello.
He pulled a plastic visitor chair up to the edge of my bed and sat down.
The metal legs scraped loudly against the floor.
Linda followed a step behind him.
She stopped just inside the room, keeping a careful distance from the monitors stacked against the wall.
She smoothed the front of her beige cardigan with both hands.