Valerie Came Home From Deployment to Find Her Twelve-Year-Old Daughter in Intensive Care
Dr.
Ortega looked up from the monitor.
He took off his reading glasses and held them by one stem.
“She’s been more active since you left for the courtroom,” he said.
I pulled the chair close.
Abigail’s right hand was warm.
“Abigail,” I said. “It’s Mom.”
Her eyelids moved.