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.

lying in that hospital bed, the patient gown seemingly oversized on him, his hands exposed and covered

how 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

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

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morning. You can have

little! Mommy won’t find

father and daughter

daughter’s hand in one hand while carrying a bag filled with snacks in the other. The girl wore a patient gown, her hair styled in two buns, looking

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this.

his bony hand trembled as it reached for

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

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

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

a dream, it was a good one.

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

he grasped her hand