Night Betrayed
“or perhaps it was the right time after all for her to have her privacy.
Selena was drawing the sheet over Sam’s face, and all was silent. There was no one else about. It was the darkest part of night and, somehow, mercifully, there were no other patients in the ward that needed her attention.
“He’s gone,” she said, turning as Theo approached.
“I’m sorry,” he said, and stood there, his arms spread open at his waist, waiting to see if she wanted him to hold her or to be left alone. “H...e was a great kid.”
She came into his embrace and he folded his arms around her so that she could shake with silent sobs, wetting his shirt as she curved her face into his shoulder.
“He said he’d always be with me,” she said after a long time, pulling her tear-streaked, swollen face from him. “And I saw my parents. They went with him.”
He nodded.MoreLess
Selena was drawing the sheet over Sam’s face, and all was silent. There was no one else about. It was the darkest part of night and, somehow, mercifully, there were no other patients in the ward that needed her attention.
“He’s gone,” she said, turning as Theo approached.
“I’m sorry,” he said, and stood there, his arms spread open at his waist, waiting to see if she wanted him to hold her or to be left alone. “H...e was a great kid.”
She came into his embrace and he folded his arms around her so that she could shake with silent sobs, wetting his shirt as she curved her face into his shoulder.
“He said he’d always be with me,” she said after a long time, pulling her tear-streaked, swollen face from him. “And I saw my parents. They went with him.”
He nodded.MoreLess
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