Chapter 21

The meeting took place at a child psychology center, in a room furnished with a low table and a few brightly colored chairs. A child psychologist was also present with us throughout the session.Caleb arrived half an hour early.When Nellie walked in, he immediately stood up but made no attempt to approach her. In the months since he'd last seen her, she'd grown a little taller and filled out. She wore a yellow jacket and had a new strawberry hair clip in her hair, though it wasn't the one he'd bought.I took a seat near the door and left them to talk.Caleb placed a box of jigsaw puzzles on the table. "I got this for you."Nellie glanced at it. "Mommy says I shouldn't take things from people I don't know.""But I'm not a stranger.""You're my real dad, but we don't know each other."Caleb's hand froze. The psychologist reminded him, "You need to respect what she's telling you."He drew the box back toward himself. "Okay. If you don't want it, I won't give it to you."Nellie settled in

Chapter 22

A year after Nellie's discharge, Nellie's condition had stabilized.She wore her new school uniform to her follow-up appointment, cheerfully greeting every doctor and nurse she recognized along the way. Her platelet count was back to normal, and the doctors said they could gradually reduce her medication.The doctor patted her head. "You can go to school just like the other kids now. But you still need to be careful during sports, okay? No deliberately throwing yourself on the ground."Nellie nodded solemnly and promised to be careful.As soon as we left the examination room, she announced that she wanted a chicken drumstick from the hospital cafeteria.The cafeteria had been renovated since we'd last been there, with bright new tables and chairs. I bought her a meal that came with a whole chicken drumstick, but before she could start eating, she noticed a little boy at the next table staring hungrily at her plate.His mother searched through her pockets, managing to scrape together on

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