Lauren and Lucy stood on the opposite side of the bed, illuminated by the pixels from the monitors and screens helping keep Katie alive. Lauren wore one of Reece’s old SEAL platoon ball caps, her blond ponytail pulled through the back. Her arm was around their daughter, who was barely tall enough to see over the bed. “Mom, I want see Daddy,” she said. Lauren leaned over and picked Lucy up, holding the child on her hip. The little girl smiled at her dad and then gazed down at Katie. She then pulled her mom’s head close and said something Reece couldn’t quite make out into her mother’s ear.
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