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.

gown seemingly oversized on him, his hands

he had treated her later, only trusting Wren, he had genuinely cared for her and spoiled her like a princess during the years when the Harrisons weren’t

a child’s voice suddenly echoed. “Daddy, I want

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morning. You can have more tomorrow,”

really want some… just a little! Mommy won’t find out, pretty please?” the

father and daughter walking

filled with snacks in the other.

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this.

tears, and his bony hand trembled as

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Nyla grasped his hand.

stared at her, eyes wide in disbelief, tears spilling from the corners. “Nyla, it’s really you!

it was just another dream, but to his surprise, it was real. He

was a good one. He had longed to see her

Dad. I’ll come to see you every day from

Harrison asked as he grasped her hand tightly, his face alight