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Because if Dad were here, I’d end up telling him aboutit.
And I… I just don’t want to make him worry.
Everything will be fine.
I’m sure of it.
So he doesn’t need to know.
Not now.
Maybe someday.
A calendar notificationpops up on my laptop screen.
Surgery tomorrow at seven a.m.
“Hi,Kendra. Can you hear me? How are you feeling?”
The voice bobs around me as I blink my eyes open.
“Wha…”
“Kendra, you just had surgery. The tumor removal was successful.”
The nurse helpsme into the wheelchair, then helps me to the main entrance of the hospital.
My friend already has her car pulled up to the front of the hospital.
A hospital that is only a five-minute drive from my apartment.
“You sure you don’t want me to stay until your mom comes?” my friend asks as she pulls up to my building.
“I’m sure.”
My mom isn’t coming.
I never told her either.
Takingthe final prescribed pain pill, I set the empty bottle down on the bathroom counter.
I tap my fingers against the tile, then I pick up the business card that’s been propped against my mirror for a week.
I carry it out to the living room and carefully lower myself onto the couch.
Then I dial the number.
“Hello, this is Doctor Merideth’s office.”
I swallow. “Hi, um, I think I need to talk to someone.”
Chapter 95
Kendra
The door shuts with a thud.
A literal barrier between me and him.
