Valerie Came Home From Deployment to Find Her Twelve-Year-Old Daughter in Intensive Care
It was salty and warm.
Abigail stirred.
“Is that Elena’s soup?”
“Yes,” Elena said.
“You can have a spoonful when the doctor says so.”
“Two weeks,” Abigail murmured.
Dr.
Ortega had said it, and I could still hear it.
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