Valerie Came Home From Deployment to Find Her Twelve-Year-Old Daughter in Intensive Care
She had put her key on the nightstand and come back with a library book she hadn’t opened yet.
“Read it to me?” she asked.
“It’s for school.”
“I know.
I missed a lot.”
I set the orders on the arm of the sofa.
“We’ll get you caught up.”
She leaned against my shoulder and found my hand under the blanket.