Past the Crossroads of No Return
She watched him grab his coat and walk out the door, never once glancing back at her or at the crying Naomi.
In the living room, Naomi's cries rang sharper, each "Daddy!" piercing and desperate. This time, Willow could clearly hear from the dependency in her voice that she was looking for me, not Luther.
Willow crouched down, reaching to hold Naomi, only to feel the heat of her fevered skin—a sharp reminder of a certain night in her memories.
Back then, I had held our feverish daughter the same way, brow furrowed, racing through the night toward the hospital, coat forgotten.
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