My Hockey Bully Stepbrother
“And you didn’t mention it to anyone.”
“It didn’t seem serious.”
“Coughing blood is serious,” Sophie said, pleasantly but firmly. “I’m going to prescribe medication, and I need her eating properly. Morning, afternoon, evening, and before bed if possible. Nothing too acidic, nothing too oily, nothing that puts additional stress on the stomach. And the actual stress,” she looked around the room briefly, with the slightly knowing expression of a doctor who had been treating this family long enough to understand its general atmosphere, “whatever that looks like in this house, minimize it.”