CHAPTER SEVEN

        Space! I needed space. Continue thinking about mom's condition, the thought of her going through her illness at this time when I was busy with my bitching behaviour and so stubborn not to talk to them. Because she could see that which I couldn't. She was enduring all this alone. I wasn't a good daughter. I should take care of her after Ansley's death. I was her only family. I didn't know. How did Chris know all this? He promised Ansley to take care of her, which I couldn't do. I should be the one doing this, not him. 

       I tucked the strands behind my ear. I didn't glance at the clock as it didn't seem to move.

       I glanced at my watch reluctantly. Two minutes must have passed, barely. From the last time, I checked it. 

       The nurses were coming and going in and out of the rooms. My back was hurting and my eyes were getting heavy. This was the moment whe