Dad was waiting for me when Lukas and I stepped out of the portal into the large living room of Lukas’s island house. The exhaustion stamped on my father’s face had me running into his arms. He enfolded me in a tight embrace for a long moment like he would never let me go.
“God, I missed you,” he said hoarsely against my hair.
I hugged him tighter. “I missed you, too. How’s Mom?”
He let out a breath and released me. “She’s sleeping. I have her sedated with the pills her doctor sent home with her, and she’ll be out for a while.”
My heart sank. “That bad?”
“She’ll be better when she wakes up and sees you.”
Lukas set my bag on the floor. “Is there anything I can do to help? I can have a doctor flown here if she needs one.”
Dad gave him a grateful smile. “Thank you, Lukas, but I think a
