Chapter 35: Galene @ 1.8x nhs
“Should I lie back?” Gal asked in quicktalk, tense.
“Whatever makes you comfortable.” Mel spoke softly.
Gal tried out a few positions, then just sat cross-legged but with bad posture.
“Tell me what’s bothering you,” Mel said.
“I, uh, realised something. I noticed something today that has me shaken.”
“Go on.”
“So I went to visit my dad today, at the hospital. I’m sure you know all this but I need to put it in words. He’s in long-term care. He’s in a coma, has been for years.”
“How does that make you feel?”
Gal thought about it and huffed out. “Angry. At the world. It’s not fair, my dad was the best dad ever. He was so warm and always smiling, everybody loved him. And now he’s less than human, just lying there. Hopeless. I never want to go through somet
