Gray's Domain: Purgatorium Series, Book Two by Eva Pohler

Author:Eva Pohler [Pohler, Eva]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Green Press
Published: 2014-05-31T00:00:00+00:00

After Daphne had showered and changed into fresh clothes and a fresh scarf, she curled up in a chair beside Brock and, recalling that cameras were in every unit, decided not to confide her confusions about the Purgatorium to him. She needed to wait until they were someplace private—though she doubted there was such a place on the island. Even though Cam had once told her the bathrooms were camera-free, she wasn’t convinced that they were and took special measures to keep herself covered as best as she could when using them.

Just when she thought she’d had enough of Dr. Gray’s insane exercises, she’d been convinced of their merit. There was no denying the fact that her family was healing and getting closer, like they were before Kara’s death. Of course, Joey wasn’t here, but she doubted he could ever be as close to them as he was before his mental disorder took over.

She didn’t know what to think, and she wanted tonight to be as normal as possible. Curled beneath a blanket beside Brock in the one striped chair, she stared at the television, and despite the comfort of being in Brock’s strong arms, the only thing on her mind was the next game. She wondered how her mother was supposed to save her life. She turned various scenarios over and over in her mind for a long time.

***

The next day, after breakfast, she and her mother went to visit her father while Brock swam laps. Daphne was alarmed by how groggy her father seemed.

“Are they giving you too much medication?” Daphne asked him.

“Relaxes me,” he mumbled. “Keeps me from panic attacks.”

Daphne gave her mother a worried look.

“I’m sure it’s okay, honey,” her mother said. “Your father could use a little rest after all you two went through.”

Daphne didn’t press further, not wanting to draw attention to herself from Dr. Gray, who was likely listening to them in her special surveillance room.

She and her mother sat with him for about an hour. They mostly talked among themselves—her father being too out of it to contribute much to their conversation. As they spoke, Daphne studied her father. She hadn’t looked at him—really looked at him—in a long time. The deep wrinkles across his forehead and around his eyes reminded her that her parents were getting old. He looked broken. Daphne began to hope it was possible for Dr. Gray to fix him—to fix all of them.

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