My Mother

for you?” she asked. “Do you know how much oxygen you took out of my life?”

Daniel’s eyes sharpened.

“Don’t,” he said.

My mother turned on him. “Excuse me?”

“Step back from Lily.”

“She’s asleep.”

“Step back.”

The monitor kept beeping.

Hiss.

Beep.

Hiss.

Beep.

My mother looked at me again and held up her phone. “Accept the request, Claire.”

“No.”

“Now.”

“No.”

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