To Love by Dori Lavelle

Author:Dori Lavelle [Lavelle, Dori]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction, Family Life, Romance, Contemporary
Amazon: B00NTQ6WLI
Published: 2015-01-21T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN

The next day, Kelsey brought her father clothes, as well as tulips to brighten up the room. She adjusted the soft pillows behind his head and smoothed the sheets around him.

"Don't worry, Daddy, you'll be out of here in no time. I'll take good care of you." She searched his face for a sign that he was glad she had come, but like yesterday, his eyes were devoid of emotion—no joy, tenderness, or even anger.

Whether or not he was still angry didn't matter. She would be there for him no matter what. Until he was well again. If he asked for her to leave then, she would. She had pushed her own problems out of the way for his wellbeing.

When he fell asleep again, she slipped outside to get a coffee from the machine. She needed something stronger than weak tea to keep her awake. The coffee tasted burned and old, but she swallowed it anyway.

She'd hardly slept at all since her return to Saulery. She'd spent the previous night at her best friend Delia's, because there were too many reminders of her past at her father’s house. They stayed up all night talking about the baby Kelsey had lost, her father, and Shaun, while eating chocolate chip ice cream out of the carton.

Before going back to her father's room, Kelsey slipped into a quiet waiting room to call Shaun.

"How's your father doing?" he asked, his voice full of genuine concern.

"Much better. They said I can take him home tomorrow. He should recover completely."

"That's great news. I'm glad to hear that." He paused. "You'll stay for a while to care for him?"

"Yes...a while." She still wasn’t sure how long her father would need her. Or how much time she herself needed to heal. "I'll let you know when I'm coming back."

She called him periodically, purely to fill him in on her father's progress, as he'd requested. She wasn't in the mood for complicated conversations.

But she still had Shaun on her mind when she returned to her father's bedside. In an attempt to distract herself from worrisome thoughts, she brushed his hair, but he moved his head away. At first it pierced her heart, but later, when she was back home, she thought about it and realized it probably had nothing to do with her. He had always been an independent man. Relying on others for small and simple things would have been unbearable for him.

The next day, Kelsey arrived to pick her father up and take him home, and found him sitting on his bed, wearing the clothes she had brought him. For the first time since she’d arrived, he smiled.

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