One Last Time (The Stanton Brothers) by Heather D'Agostino

Author:Heather D'Agostino [D'Agostino, Heather]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-05-11T23:00:00+00:00

Savannah

Today started like pretty much every day did. I woke up at six thirty, gave Danny his meds, and then forced myself to fix breakfast. I was tired. I was always tired. I don’t remember a time that my body didn’t beg me to go back to bed. I’d been following this routine since he was born. Early morning feedings turned into trips to the doctor, and worrying about simple things like a cough turned into wondering if he’d beat this disease. My son has been fighting since the day he was born, and it’s been slowly killing me to watch, but I can’t imagine life without him.

“Want some bacon today?” I smiled as I glanced around the corner. Danny was sitting on the couch with his stuffed dog watching cartoons. The cable finally got hooked up two days ago, and he’s been making great use of it.

“Sure.” He shrugged absently as he stayed glue to the screen.

“Whatcha watchin’?” I called from where I was removing items from the fridge and tossing them on the counter.

“Paw Patrol.” He giggled. “It’s my favwit. Grandpa wikes it too.”

“He does, huh?” I laughed. My dad had told me the night before that he was going to have to tell Danny that he didn’t get that channel anymore if he was forced to watch another episode. Apparently, they’d been watching quite a bit of Paw Patrol over the last couple of days.

“Can we go visit today?”

“Not today, buddy. Mommy’s got a lot to do around here.” I sighed. I still had unpacking to do, and I had this feeling that I might be hearing from Micha today. We hadn’t talked since our conversation in the office, and that wasn’t normal for us.

“Awe, Mom!” He groaned as he flopped back dramatically on the couch. Just then, there was a knock at the door. “Mommy! There’s somebody at the door. I gets it.” I rounded the corner just as he was sliding off the couch.

“We don’t know who it is. I’ll get it.” I smiled at him as he climbed back in his spot. He’s been getting stronger since the last round of chemo ended, but he still gets tired easily. Simple things like climbing on the couch tire him out.

“Who is it?” I called through the door.

“It’s me.” Micha’s voice came back muffled. I slowly turned the lock, and as it released, I opened the door a crack. “Hey.” He shuffled his feet as he stuffed his hands into the pockets of his shorts.

“Hey. It’s early.” I pressed my lips together to keep from crying. I’d been dreaming about this for years. “You wanna come in?”

“Truthfully? I don’t know what I want. I don’t know how to do this, Savannah.” He glanced behind himself before looking back at me. “Does he know who I am?”

“No.” I shook my head. “I never told him anything about you. The truth is, I never knew if he’d get to meet you. I didn’t want to fill him with hope that would never come.

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