He raised his head thinking it was her, that it was Melia, but it wasn't so. It was Karina, so he let his head fall back onto the pillow and turned away from her. He felt the mattress sink as Karina sat on the edge and caressed his arm."I brought you something for breakfast.""I'm not hungry," he said without facing her, still turned away.So Karina took the tray with scrambled eggs and toast, turned around, and now sat on the other edge, looking at him from the front. Elijah traced imaginary circles with his finger on the thin sheet without looking at Karina. She took his chin in her hand, and he looked at her still with his head on the pillow."I didn't know you sang.""I didn't know your daughter was a liar," he retorted, and Karina withdrew her hand from his chin."She's not a liar, Elijah. She just wants to fix everything.""Let her not fix anything, what happened, happened.""In her mind, that doesn't fit," Elijah said, sitting up in bed. Karina handed him the tray, and he plac
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