A Father’s Farewell Denied
His mind, though, was preoccupied with picking up Jenny Horne and her child, and he simply shook off my hands.
“Do you take me for a fool, Willow Gray? Our son’s asthma isn’t something new. It’s been going on for ages. He’ll be fine after taking his medicine. He’s not going to die.
“Jenny is waiting for me at the park so I can take her and her son boating. Stop bothering me.”
With that, he walked away without looking back.
Left all alone, I wept as I pleaded with everyone in the military compound, begging anyone I could find to take my child to the hospital.