In a Book Club Far Away by Tif Marcelo

Author:Tif Marcelo [Marcelo, Tif]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Gallery Books
Published: 2021-04-06T00:00:00+00:00

PART FIVE

But going forward required a singular leap of faith—and he was a man of little faith, particularly when it came to himself.

—His at Night by Sherry Thomas

CHAPTER THIRTY

Sophie

Present Day, Monday

By Monday morning, Sophie waved the white flag that she needed a hospital shift change. Her back hurt from the visitor pullout chair, and her lungs craved fresh air. After Adelaide’s admission that she no longer wanted another child, Sophie had begun to feel claustrophobic. Because while she had agreed with Adelaide that a person should be able to change their mind at any time, it was also an entirely different issue to actually move forward with it. Change was harder when it involved other people. Change required knowing exactly what outcome one wanted, didn’t it?

Sophie had scheduled the Genevieve handoff at 9:00 a.m. so mother and daughter could share a few moments together, and Regina, fresh and energetic, would take the hospital shift until the next morning. But when the two arrived, Adelaide was asleep, so they migrated to the hospital cafeteria instead.

Sophie’s phone beeped a notification while in the hallway, a reminder of her flight back home. It was scheduled for the next day.

She couldn’t leave, could she? Neither she nor Adelaide had planned for this extra surgery, and while Regina was staying the rest of the week, Regina wasn’t tuned in to Adelaide’s needs. Their roles had divvied up naturally, and Sophie would daresay it was working, though things were still slightly awkward between them.

But Sophie’s biggest obstacle was not Regina,

While at the elevators, Sophie went to her messages app and clicked on Jasper’s last text.

Hey, I’m not coming home tomorrow.

Adelaide still needs me.

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