Chapter 11 - Hospital part 3

Alec POV

Paul has been here in the hospital with us since the first day. He barely leaves, and he keeps getting phone calls from his wife. She is pissed because he is never home, he tried to explain that my dad is like a dad to him, but she really wants him home. I understand.

I take a deep breath as soon as Paul leaves, looking at mum. She looks so tired sitting next to dad. He is recovering, and he keeps telling us to go home, but obviously mum doesn’t listen to him, I go home once a day to have a shower and change my clothes, but mum doesn’t leave this hospital. I bring her fresh clothes every day, and she showers in dad’s bathroom in his room. She is insane. She needs rest; otherwise, she will be the one here.

“I’m gonna go get a coffee”, I say, and mum nods her head while dad reads the newspaper.

“This is ridiculous, and I am not an invalid’, dad says as mum offers him tea through a straw. He is st