Chasing the Unexpected (Nyla)

“Nyla, I really didn’t mean to keep this from you. I just hadn’t figured out how to tell you… Your father is in really bad shape. The doctor said he might not have much time left…” Damon explained.

Nyla’s hands tightened slowly.

After a long pause, she replied, “I’m feeling really overwhelmed right now. I need a moment to calm down.”

Seeing her pale face, Damon felt a twinge of concern. “Okay, I’ll stay with you.”

“No need,” Nyla said, rejecting his offer. 1

As soon as she spoke, the elevator arrived. She stepped inside, and Damon tried to follow, but a look from her stopped him in his tracks.

Nyla didn’t walk far, though. After exiting the elevator, she sat on a bench in a pavilion at the inpatient building, lost in thought.

Over the past few years, she hadn’t thought much about Harrison and hadn’t kept up with how he was doing. After all, they had ended things on such bad terms that she had lost all hope for him.

During their last meeting five years ago, although Harrison had been sick, he hadn’t looked like the frail shadow of his former self that she saw today.

on him, his hands exposed and covered in age spots,

how he had treated her later, only trusting Wren, he had genuinely cared for her and spoiled her like a

was deep in thought, a child’s voice suddenly echoed. “Daddy,

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you had some this morning. You can have more tomorrow,” a man

a little! Mommy won’t

a father and daughter walking along the path beside

hand in one hand while carrying a bag filled with snacks in the other. The girl wore a patient gown, her hair styled in

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this.

instantly filled with tears, and his bony hand trembled as it reached

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lump in her throat, Nyla grasped his hand. “Dad, I’m

spilling from the corners. “Nyla,

it was real. He choked up, his eyes fixed on her, terrified that

if it was a dream, it was a

Dad. I’ll come to see you every day from now on,” Nyla

asked as he grasped her hand tightly, his face