She heaved a sigh and handed me my phone back. “Daddy, I’m tired. I don’t want to fight anymore… no more needles.” I had been doing a good job at holding it together until she said those words to me. “You can’t leave daddy… God needs you down here with me a little longer… okay?” She nodded her head and snuggled into my chest as I kissed her. “Okay daddy… only for you.”
if only that were the case. as selfish as it was, he lost his wife. losing his baby girl back to back would’ve hurt him.
