Chapter Nine

Kalia.

"How is he?" I asked the nurse while waiting to see my father.

Staying in the house after everyone left for the memorial felt lonely for me. I needed to do something to keep myself busy, so I went to visit my father in the hospital.

"He has been asking about you alot." the nurse said opening up some sort of file, "Come on, I will take you to him. He is awake."

I followed her closely, part of me dreading seeing my father. Mostly because I knew he wanted to hear about where I was with the plan, and I had not yet done anything really since the wedding.

"There is my daughter." he said, his eyes lighting up as he saw me walk into his room.

"Hey dad."

"You too good for your old man now?"

"Ofcourse not dad," I said cheekily as I sat beside him, I took his hands in mine, "How are you feeling?"

"Not as great as I would like, but she is taking good care of me." he said referring to the nurse who was now checking his vitals.

My father had recently been diagnosed with stage liver cirrhos