She walked upstairs before I could answer.
I stood there with my purse over one shoulder and tried to accept the explanation I’d been giving myself.
Kimberly was scared.
That had to be it.
« He doesn’t need it, Mom. »
***
I’d left my daughter with Dad for my three-day business trip without a second thought.
She’d adored him all her life, especially after losing her father at four.
Now Dad was hospitalized with a severe heart condition, and the doctors had stopped using reassuring words around me.
I’d left my daughter with Dad for my three-day business trip.
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