ods, and I quickly hit print before heading to the printer. The doc

long seconds, he turns and walks out without saying a word. I exhale sharply, realizing I'd been holding my breath, then head

tried to block it out-it's none of my business-but the tension is hard to ignore. It's

e it, it's already 5:30 PM. Where did the time go? Mr. Kane and Mr. Madden head out at 5:00. I finish tidying up and shutting things down, fl

night to take out the trash and scrub the floors. By 9:00 PM, he locks up the garage and

glowing above the hospital across from Kane and Madden Industries: Mater Hospital. Every day, I come here to visit her. I make my way to the s

ospitals. The smell of hand sanitizer is overpowering, and this ward has an unmistakable stench of death. No

o her. Her car was totaled. They had to use the jaws of life to pull her out. She's been unconscious ever sin

their decision, and it's stretched to nearly five months now. I'm still waiting to hear from the

cal, and even when they eventually take her off life support, I'll be paying off her debt for at least another two years. My insurance

m the start. She taught me how to walk, talk, ride a bike-everything. She was my first friend and, in many ways, my only one. She

g able to pay the contract. It turned out we were a

had to select to keep mother lively

r mother? Slaughter the one individual who went through your whole life cherishing and supporting you? When th

tube hanging out of her mouth that strengths her to breathe and is k

er age. With her blonde hair that was fair underneath her bear edges, she had great skin, n

aced the capacity to care for it day by day. She has misplaced all her weight and muscle mass and is presently skin and bone. She

equently and the sound of the ventilator driving her to breathe. It is the same set of sounds each day. I utilized to come and sit with her for hou

see easy. Lila Riley may not have been a culminate mother, but she'd been idealize to me. No doubt, she ha

severely I fucked up, she was continuously there to

things she will miss and all the recoll

y. The nurture Quip is on night move this evening and continuously lets me s

r than cold. The other individuals in this room require help and are out of commission like my mother, so I do not have to str

self off and slip into my track pants so I do not have to alter in the cramped car. I too slide my feet into a few socks some time recently putting

in the shower. She knows my circumstance and that I have small cleared out over after I pay the clinic, so each move sh