I Want You Back

Andrew

“She didn’t say anything about me?” I asked Raven one more time.

“Oh my god,” she sighed. She was sitting on the edge of her hospital bed, stretching her good leg out. It was one of the simple exercises the nurses had given her to do each day so that her muscles could stay in working condition.

Raven scowled. “Don’t stare at me while I do this. I already feel stupid enough.”

“I’m not looking,” I answered, though I half-turned away.

“She didn’t want to talk about you, Dad.”

I cringed at the sadness in her voice and pressed my fist to my mouth. “I’m going to make this up to you both,” I promised.

The bed creaked, and I looked over to see Raven getting back under her covers. “I can’t wait till I leave this place,” she sighed.

“Did you hear what I said?”

She gave me a plain, unreadable look. “You’re going to make this up to us both. Okay. How?”

My heart started pounding. “You’ll see soon. Will you be okay here if I run over to Lanie’s?”

Her eyes widened. She was already picking u