THE WOMAN IN THE PHOTO WAS SUPPOSED TO BE DEAD.

beneath the hospital blanket.

But still the woman he had loved enough to almost destroy himself over.

Her eyes were closed.

An oxygen tube rested beneath her nose.

Machines beeped softly beside the bed.

For one terrible second, Kojo could not breathe.

Then Adzo ran forward.

“Mom?”

Safa’s eyes slowly opened.

Weakly.

Painfully.

And the moment she saw Kojo standing continue reading …