Barefoot Brides (2009)
“Don’t…” Moxie couldn’t bring herself to actually voice her greatest fears out loud.Silently, though, deep in the places where she didn’t have to hide anything, she offered her most profound prayers to her heavenly Father. Don’t let my daddy die. Not now. Not when things are so uncertain. Not when I still need him so much.She gave Billy J’s large, leathery hand a squeeze. Her throat had gone so dry it hurt. She could not seem to swallow. She blinked. Tears bathed the view of Lionel hovering over... her father, applying sensors hooked to a heart monitor.The nurse on duty moved quickly.Moxie stroked her father’s thin white hair to get it off his ruddy, round face. “Just don’t, okay?”Billy J started to speak but only managed to croak out her name before convulsing in a raspy, rattling coughing fit.“Should I get some water?” Moxie twisted one way then turned the other, not sure what to do.The nurse pushed past her and began to draw blood.Moxie’s knees went weak. She pressed the back of her hand to her mouth.Lionel moved to the monitor then threw a glance at her over his shoulder.MoreLess
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