Never See You Again
Instead, he grinned to himself, thinking he was so charming that everything was under his control.
"Good girl, Clara. Even when you weren't feeling well, you never made us worry. Not like Minnie—crying over every little thing as if she's the only one in the world with a heart condition!"
Minnie had been born with a weak heart and had nearly died the day she was born. She learned to take medicine before she even learned to drink milk.
Christian was always busy with work. If Minnie didn't take the initiative to talk to him, he could go days, even weeks, without saying a single word to her. Whenever she accomplished something, he would only belittle her efforts.