The Glass Mermaid (The Chancellor Fairy Tales Book 1) by Lawless Poppy

Author:Lawless, Poppy [Lawless, Poppy]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Love Potion Books
Published: 2015-07-14T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11: Cooper

“Are you certain, Cooper? I can admit you to residential care. You’d have someone with you twenty-four hours a day. In the very least, let us arrange for hospice to visit you. There is a very good, supportive team of people in Chancellor,” Doctor Asher said.

I lay in the hospital bed staring at the television. The local news had just aired a report of archeological finds on an island in Lake Erie just off the coast from Chancellor. When I was a child, I’d found a cave in the cliff side down shore. Within, there had been evidence that the place had been inhabited long ago. There were paintings on the walls of the cave, spirals and images of creatures that looked something like mermaids…no, lumpeguin, as Kate had called them. I clicked off the TV.

“No residential care,” I said.

“The hospice? Please? For me?”

“Fine.”

“I’ll have the nurses draw up some papers before you go,” Doctor Asher said then paused. “It’s time to start being careful,” he said, setting his hand on mine. His blue eyes looked sorrowfully at me. He shook his head. “It’s coming,” he whispered. “Your white blood cell count is dangerously low. Stay close to home. Start saying your good-byes.”

To whom? I wondered, but the image of Kate laughing, her golden hair shimmering, danced through my mind.

“Go ahead and get dressed. They’ll bring you up a wheelchair. Someone at the nurses’ station already called you a taxi.”

“Thank you.”

Doctor Asher shook his head. “Are you certain about the DNR?” he asked, looking down at the papers I’d signed. If I stopped breathing, if my heart stopped, it would be over. I didn’t want to prolong my body’s torture.

“Yes,” I said absently then gazed out the window. The moon was a sliver in the sky. How beautiful it looked against the dark blue tapestry of the night.

Doctor Asher nodded. “Please call the on-call number if you need anything.”

“I will. Thank you, doctor.”

He nodded slowly then stopped at the door. He turned back and looked at me. “Good-bye, Cooper.”

I smiled at him. “Good-bye, doctor. Thank you for everything.”

He inclined his head then left.

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