Chapter Twenty One

Adaline Point of View

"Accident?" He says, and I bite my lips, I shouldn't have told him. I am about to reply when I hear some scruffling on his end.

"Dad? Is something going on there, I heard some noise." I say, and he's silent for a while.

"That would be, darling." I hear Mom say, and I smile.

"What happened?" She asks, and I sign

"I fainted in class when teaching, was taken to the hospital and the Doctor said it was an ulcer attack."

"Ulcer attack? Sounds unlikely." Dad says

"That's what I thought, but I have been eating less though, been caught up in work and trying to get through the day."

"Oh my love, I am sorry we don't speak as much, we have also been busy with everything. Are you better now, do you need us to come there, or will you come home?" Mom says

"No, you don't need to here, and I am not coming to New Orleans, I just need to rest, I'm sure the university will give me a week or so to rest and get myself together." I say, biting my nails, as I stare round my room.

"Oh,