Vivian immediately became another woman.
Within minutes I was offering Clara food.
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Derek asked if he needed help getting to the car.
My mother even took off her hummingbird necklace and tended to Clara.
“I was just saving it.”
Clara stared at her.
I could feel it shaking next to me.
I took the necklace.
“No. Now I will keep it.”
They confirmed what I was already afraid of.
Clara had missed important treatment appointments and was extremely weakened.
The doctor looked at me straight.
“They should never have let her face this alone.”
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That phrase stayed with me.
That night I sat next to Clara while I was sleeping.
His shaved head rested on the pillow.
For four years I had been killing myself working in Canada, believing that every sacrifice was buying him a better life.
