What Happened to Lani Garver
“I dreamed that I was arguing with my dad, that he was trying to get me to stay with him while doing chemo again.
His new wife, Suhar, stood beside him, twirling her wedding ring without meeting my eyes. Her blond hair flowed down her back, and her eyes glowed with their usual sweetness. But when I looked down at her wedding ring, it was cutting into her skin like it had a razor edge. Blood ran over her palm, her wrist...
I woke up with a jolt. Lani had fallen asleep in a strange position—with h...is back almost completely to me, and his forehead pushed into the glass. It looked so ... symbolic—people wanting to be helpful, yet turning their backs.
I tried to ignore his position and think through the spiderweb of my own problems. My stomach sank low, as if a relapse was already confirmed and I was having to make impossible choices, based on impossible memories.
Starting a new school while I was on chemo last time had seemed crazy. It seemed crazier now. Last time, I had been put on the homeschooling network, and my dad had hired a tutor who came every day, but only between noon and two.MoreLess
His new wife, Suhar, stood beside him, twirling her wedding ring without meeting my eyes. Her blond hair flowed down her back, and her eyes glowed with their usual sweetness. But when I looked down at her wedding ring, it was cutting into her skin like it had a razor edge. Blood ran over her palm, her wrist...
I woke up with a jolt. Lani had fallen asleep in a strange position—with h...is back almost completely to me, and his forehead pushed into the glass. It looked so ... symbolic—people wanting to be helpful, yet turning their backs.
I tried to ignore his position and think through the spiderweb of my own problems. My stomach sank low, as if a relapse was already confirmed and I was having to make impossible choices, based on impossible memories.
Starting a new school while I was on chemo last time had seemed crazy. It seemed crazier now. Last time, I had been put on the homeschooling network, and my dad had hired a tutor who came every day, but only between noon and two.MoreLess
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