Water from Stone - a Novel by Mariaca-Sullivan Katherine

Author:Mariaca-Sullivan, Katherine [Mariaca-Sullivan, Katherine]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: contemporary fiction, parents and children, romantic suspense, family life, contemporary women's fiction, domestic life, mothers & children
ISBN: 9780989251495
Publisher: Madaket Lane Publishers
Published: 2013-10-14T00:00:00+00:00

“I couldn’t get to her,” Mar’s voice is full of sorrow. “She was calling me and I couldn’t get to her.”

“I know, baby, I know. But she’s alright. She’s going to be alright. You’ve got to concentrate on you getting better, let the doctors take care of Lizzie.”

“She was getting me a star, from the studio,” Mar’s eyes begin to overflow, “for painting her room. She had the gold stars in her hand when I found her.”

Mar collapses back into tears and Shirley, unusually unhinged, looks at Dylan for help. “I’ll go find the nurse,” he says.

“Baby, child, shhhhhhhh. It’s OK, honey, kids climb, it happens. What’s important is she’s gonna be alright.”

***

The next time Mar wakes, she has a hard time opening her crusted, swollen eyes. Without thinking, she lifts her arm up to feel her face and screams in pain when something hard comes crashing down on her forehead.

“Hey, hey, don’t do that. Here, just a minute, Mar, let me help you.”

“Daddy?” she manages past parched lips and a mouth that tastes like a public toilet bowl.

“Hi, there, honey. Now, shhhh, don’t wiggle. I’m going to wipe your eyes. You’ve got that sleep stuff caking them together.”

Mar shoots straight up, knocking her father away, as the memories come flooding back. “Lizzie!” she cries.

Don Bloom steadies his daughter as the fight returns to her. “No, Mar, she’s OK. Your little girl’s fine.”

“I’ve got to find her.” She struggles to free herself of the binding sheets. “Where is she?”

“Maryann Carla Bloom!”

Mar freezes. She hasn’t heard that intimidating voice since the last prank she’d pulled as a child. “Yes, Daddy?”

Don chuckles and pats her hand. “Mar, you’re going to hurt yourself again if you keep struggling like that. Now, if you’ll just give me a minute, I’m going to help you get ready and I’ll take you to her.”

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