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I don't own the characters and I am from England might not have the same language as Americans so bare with me..here is the story..
Facing Demons is sometimes the hardest thing to do
Ephram opened the door; he found Nina and Sam asleep on the sofa. He couldn't help but smile when he found the book of Winnie the Pooh, collapsed on Nina's chest. Sam was cuddled up to his mom and the blanket had been draped over them both. Delia was asleep on Ephram's shoulder. Carrying the small figure into her room he left her clothed. Placing the quilt over her he watched her chest fall up and down. "Sorry" he whispered, "Dad will be back soon." Delia opened her eyes "You promise?" she said in a small voice. Ephram turned round and leant over Delia, placing a kiss on her forehead he replied, "I promise." Turning round Ephram turned of the main light and shut the door.
Ephram walked to the kitchen and opened the fridge; pulling out a carton of juice he drank the orange juice from the carton. Finishing it of he placed it in the bin. Feeling hungry he looked in the cupboards. He took out a black and yellow packet of instant noodles. He placed them in water and then in the large square microwave. Sitting on a wooden stool he placed his head in his hands. "Ephram?" Turning around he found Delia and her teddy in the doorway. "Delia? What's the matter?" "I'm hungry," she said. Walking up to the counter she lifted herself upon the stool. "I forgot you didn't have anything to eat, well when the noodles are done we can share them okay?" Beep! The microwave stopped, Ephram picked up a dishcloth and curled it round the dish careful not to burn himself he took the noodles out of the microwave. He placed them in two creamy coloured bowls and gave them to Delia. "There you go." He said before tucking into his bowl of noodles "Thanks Ephram? Ephram smiled "That's okay." Delia shook her head, "Not just for the noodles but for being a great big Brother." Ephram grinned, his expression soon turned to that of anguish "Anytime, Dee, anytime." "Come on finish up, you need your sleep." "But it's Saturday tomorrow." Ephram put the bowls into the dishwasher. "Still you need your sleep, ready for when dad comes home." Delia smiled, "Okay, goodnight." Ephram looked on towards Delia before going to bed himself.
The next morning Amy arose from her bed, putting on a pale blue dressing gown and tieing back her hair she went downstairs for some breakfast. After making herself some pancakes she made her way in to the front room where she found Bright, pigging out on the sofa and watching children's cartoons. Rolling her eyes she joined him on the sofa. "Hey" Bright looked at his sister and then back to the sister, replying with a grunt. "You know last night, I think dad's right, you know full well that the Brown's don't deserve this punishment, yes okay so Colin did die and we are still grieving but." Amy paused and felt the lump form in her throat "But please Bright don't do this in Colin's honour, you know he would forgive Dr Brown, he was the one who asked not to be saved. Dr Brown was just doing what he wanted so please don't do this because you think that's what he would want." A tear rolled out of Amy's right eyes. Her eyes glazed over with yet more tears "Please." Bright looked over to Amy and hugged her "I know your right Amy but, if anything I am doing this for myself because I need someone to blame. My best friends dead and I miss him." Bright cried into Amy's shoulder "I miss him too." Amy held on to Bright and the two cried in to eachother's arms.
(Westlife-Miss you Nights)
I've had many times I can tell you Times when innocence I'd trade for company And children saw me crying I thought I'd had my share of that But these miss you nights are the longest
Midnight diamonds stud my heaven Southward burning like the jewels that are your face And the warm winds that embrace me Just as surely kissed your face Yet these miss you nights they're the longest
(Lay down) Lay down all thoughts of your surrender It's only me who's killing time (Lay down) Lay down all dreams once remembered It's just the same this miss you game
Thinking of my going How to cut the thread and leave it all behind Looking windward for my comfort I take each day as it arrives But these miss you nights are the longest
But these miss you nights are the longest
Ephram walked into the kitchen; a green apple begged to be picked up so he grabbed it and bit in to the green skin, revealing a juicy centre. Nina came in to the kitchen with a great big smirk on her face and the telephone in one of her hands. "Someone looks happy today?" Ephram laughed. Nina laughed too and gave him the phone "I think you will be to when you hear what the person at the other end of the phone has to say." Ephram looked at her curiously "Okay" taking the phone he spoke in to the receiver. He was relieved to here that of his dad's voice at the other end "Dad, hey!" A few moments passed whilst Ephram let his dad speak "Oh, sure no that's a good idea. When will you be back?" A few more moments passed "Okay well I will see you and Irv on Tuesday then" Ephram paused "Bye Dad, yeah don't worry I will, bye" Nina's smile dropped "Tuesday?" Ephram rubbed his eyes "Yes you heard correct Tuesday, he is having such a stress free time out they're; him and Irv have decided to stay a few more days. Leaving you in charge of us. You know this is typical of him. God I knew it, he is never going to come back to us is he? Never." Ephram's breathing increased. Nina moved towards some left over paper bags and passed it to Ephram. Pushing it away he replied, "I'm fine." Nina put it back down and grabbed two cups and juice from the fridge. She poured to glasses and then passed one to Ephram. "Thanks" he replied. "Honey, your dad will come back and I think deep down you know he will, just give him time I am sure Irv is talking to him; giving him some good advice." Ephram laughed "You know I took Delia out last night, the ice rink was shut. We skipped that went for dinner only the Harts and Abbots were in there having dinner together. Delia ran out I had to run after her, she broke down and cried. So we came back here, no night out but we did have noodles here." Nina groaned. "Yeah you think that's bad" Ephram continued "Delia thanked me for being a great Big Brother and for the first time in my life I didn't feel like a big brother, I felt like a dad! So you see I need dad back here tomorrow not Tuesday." He sobbed. "Oh Ephram I'm sorry, but hey its only a few more days and we can make the place all nice for him when he comes back. Just don't get yourself worked up; otherwise you may have another panic attack and then your dad will have a reason to worry." "You're right, what do we tell Delia?" Ephram chucked his apple core in the bin and went back to sit on the stool. "We tell her the truth, her dad is having a stress free couple of days so he can come back and be refreshed for you and her, come here" Nina held her arms out. Ephram motioned towards her and hugged her.
Dr Abbot caught Amy going out the door; her hair was freshly washed and lapped over her shoulders. She wore a cream suede jacket and a floating purple skirt. "Where do you think your going?" Amy spun round surprised to find her father coming out of the kitchen. A hot drink in one hand and a paper in the other. His spectacles were rested on the bridge of his nose ready for his daily reading session. "Out" Amy proceeded to open the door, the sunlight streamed through the opening. "Out? Can you give me some idea?" Amy shrugged. Dr Abbot repeated the shrugging movement "That's a funny out" he smiled. "If you must know I am going to talk with Ephram, I want to help him." Dr Abbot placed his drink down on the telephone table. Walking towards Amy he kissed her on the forehead and mentioned how proud he was of her. He watched her depart through the door, down the porch stairs and out of sight.
Amy stood outside the Brown's house before shakily walking up the steps. Pausing before she knocked she remembered the night before and almost willed herself to turn round. But before she could her heart had made the decision for her and she had knocked on the door. Ephram opened the door "Amy?" "Hi Ephram, I was wondering if we could have a chat." Ephram put his arm out towards the inside of his home, giving a yes signal to Amy. "I was actually having a bet with myself to see how long you were going to contemplate knocking on the front door." Amy looked at him dumbfounded "You saw me and you didn't come out." Amy smiled. "Look Amy why are you here? We haven't exactly been on talking terms since.since" Ephram paused and looked down towards the shiny wooden floor. "Since Colin's death. You know you can say it, to be honest Ephram I don't know why I have come here, but I followed you last night and I watched you care for Delia and I realised Colin wouldn't of wanted you or your family to suffer like that." Ephram looked up to her "After two months you suddenly realised that." Amy looked solemnly "Yeah well what do you expect I had just lost the love of my life, a person I have known since I was a child. I wasn't up to talking. You know you are lucky I even came to see you. You're lucky that I have Bright on your side. Everyone has forgiven you. Except it!" Ephram went to sit down on the sofa he motioned for Amy to come and sit down with him. "Thank you Amy for coming to visit me, I know it couldn't of been easy" he sighed "But this, this is to late. My dad had to go away for a few days to sort his head out. He was pretty messed up over the whole thing." Amy looked confused "So what are you saying?" Ephram turned away from her, he arose from the sofa and walked up the photo of his mother on the mantle piece "I am saying you're too late." "But Ephram, please understand me, grieving is a hard process, you wouldn't have a clue about it." "Oh no I wouldn't would I how dare you come in here and say that to me. I have been grieving for a whole year. MY MOM IS DEAD in case you have forgotten so don't you dare." He sobbed, "Don't you dare" sobbing he fell on the floor. "Ephram I am so sorry, come here," she said sinking down with him she pulled him in for a hug.
Nina watched from the door as she saw the two teenagers crying on the floor. She noticed Ephram wheeze in between the crying. Worried she went in to the kitchen that's when she heard Amy crying out his name. Running back in from the kitchen she ran in to the front room. Ephram was lying on the floor struggling for breath. "Nina what's happening to him, why can't he breathe?" Nina ran in to the room, flashbacks of the other day occurred in her thoughts "He is having another panic attack, Amy I need you to go and get your dad." Amy took one last look at Ephram before running out of the door. She ran as far as her legs could carry her, tears formed in her eyes and they spilled over them as she ran. Running up her porch steps she ran in to the house, out of breathe she ran into her Dad's reading room "DAD?" she shouted. He was no longer reading a cup half full of tea lay on top of a place mat. "DAD?" she shouted. Running out of the room she ran into her dad coming down the stairs. Concerned Bright had come out of the lounge. Dr Abbot ran down the stairs in a panic, "Amy, what is it?" "I was at Ephram's house we had an argument and then he broke own, but he started to he had trouble breathing. It was like he was having an attack. Amy said hurriedly. Dr Abbot ran into his reading room, grabbing his doctor's case he rushed to the door. "Bright stay here, Amy come with me." Running Dr Abbot and Amy arrived at Ephram's house in no time at all. It always seemed quicker when you were panicked by something to get to a destination.
Waltzing through the door, Dr Abbot found Ephram collapsed on the floor breathing in to a paper bag. "Ephram?" he asked. Checking his eyes with a small flashlight he grabbed a small inhaler out of his bag. He placed it in Ephram's mouth "I need you to breath in." Ephram struggled but he managed two small puffs. His breathing seemed to settle. Nina glanced at Dr Abbot. "Last time this happened I called the ambulance but they said it was just panic attacks and not asthma, I'm confused?" Dr Abbot listened to Ephram's chest with his stethoscope. "No they were right to say that, its not asthma but inhalers sometimes help people in Panic Attack situations, his chest seems to be getting loser, you say this happened before." Nina nodded "Yes a couple of days ago, Friday I think." Dr Abbot noticed colour coming back into Ephram's cheeks, Ephram looked pretty dazed though so Dr Abbot kept him lying down for the moment "Do you know if its happened before, does he have a history of it?" Nina thought hard for some time but she hadn't seen him have one before. "No, I was taking the kids to a friends. It's a good job Amy was here." Amy shook her head "No it wasn't, we were having an argument, it was my fault." Ephram coughed "I have had them before" he wheezed, "They started when my mom died." He coughed a few more times. Nina looked at Ephram shocked. "Ephram I am going to put you in bed okay? Nina can you grab his side, and Amy can you support is back please." The two ladies got in their positions, ready for when Ephram was lifted up. "After three, one, two, three" Dr Abbot lifted up Ephram. Nina supported one side while Amy supported the back. They took Ephram to his bedroom. Nina took of his top but left his trousers on and pulled the quilt over him. Leaving him to drift of to sleep, she went downstairs.
"Thanks so much Dr Abbot" Nina said, hugging him, she then hugged Amy to thank her aswell. "I have some breathing equipment at the house, I will bring it over tonight and check how he is doing." Nina nodded her house and lifted up the kettle towards Amy and Dr Abbot "No thank you, we better be of." Nina agreed, "Okay then, I will see you this evening?" she checked. "Yes, definitely. Check on him every half an hour, give him plenty of fluids and make sure he gets some rest." Dr Abbot asked before departing. Pausing at the bottom of the porch he turned back around "Any word on Andy?" Nina sighed, "Yes, he is staying away for a few more days." Dr Abbot groaned "Sorry to hear that, you know we have decided to let bygones be bygones." Nina huffed "Well that was rich of you, its only taken you two months" "I know Nina and we are truly sorry we hadn't realised how much pain we cause." Nina tucked her hair behind her ears "Lets just forget about it, at least instil Andy is back and we can sort things out once and for all." Dr Abbot rubbed his left eye "Sure I'll see you tonight?" Nina nodded. She waved goodbye to the Abbots and went back to check on Ephram. She sat on his bed and watched him sleep. Stroking his head she thanked God for sparing the teenager. "What are we going to do with you?" she whispered, shaking her head.
To Be Continued...
I don't own the characters and I am from England might not have the same language as Americans so bare with me..here is the story..
Facing Demons is sometimes the hardest thing to do
Ephram opened the door; he found Nina and Sam asleep on the sofa. He couldn't help but smile when he found the book of Winnie the Pooh, collapsed on Nina's chest. Sam was cuddled up to his mom and the blanket had been draped over them both. Delia was asleep on Ephram's shoulder. Carrying the small figure into her room he left her clothed. Placing the quilt over her he watched her chest fall up and down. "Sorry" he whispered, "Dad will be back soon." Delia opened her eyes "You promise?" she said in a small voice. Ephram turned round and leant over Delia, placing a kiss on her forehead he replied, "I promise." Turning round Ephram turned of the main light and shut the door.
Ephram walked to the kitchen and opened the fridge; pulling out a carton of juice he drank the orange juice from the carton. Finishing it of he placed it in the bin. Feeling hungry he looked in the cupboards. He took out a black and yellow packet of instant noodles. He placed them in water and then in the large square microwave. Sitting on a wooden stool he placed his head in his hands. "Ephram?" Turning around he found Delia and her teddy in the doorway. "Delia? What's the matter?" "I'm hungry," she said. Walking up to the counter she lifted herself upon the stool. "I forgot you didn't have anything to eat, well when the noodles are done we can share them okay?" Beep! The microwave stopped, Ephram picked up a dishcloth and curled it round the dish careful not to burn himself he took the noodles out of the microwave. He placed them in two creamy coloured bowls and gave them to Delia. "There you go." He said before tucking into his bowl of noodles "Thanks Ephram? Ephram smiled "That's okay." Delia shook her head, "Not just for the noodles but for being a great big Brother." Ephram grinned, his expression soon turned to that of anguish "Anytime, Dee, anytime." "Come on finish up, you need your sleep." "But it's Saturday tomorrow." Ephram put the bowls into the dishwasher. "Still you need your sleep, ready for when dad comes home." Delia smiled, "Okay, goodnight." Ephram looked on towards Delia before going to bed himself.
The next morning Amy arose from her bed, putting on a pale blue dressing gown and tieing back her hair she went downstairs for some breakfast. After making herself some pancakes she made her way in to the front room where she found Bright, pigging out on the sofa and watching children's cartoons. Rolling her eyes she joined him on the sofa. "Hey" Bright looked at his sister and then back to the sister, replying with a grunt. "You know last night, I think dad's right, you know full well that the Brown's don't deserve this punishment, yes okay so Colin did die and we are still grieving but." Amy paused and felt the lump form in her throat "But please Bright don't do this in Colin's honour, you know he would forgive Dr Brown, he was the one who asked not to be saved. Dr Brown was just doing what he wanted so please don't do this because you think that's what he would want." A tear rolled out of Amy's right eyes. Her eyes glazed over with yet more tears "Please." Bright looked over to Amy and hugged her "I know your right Amy but, if anything I am doing this for myself because I need someone to blame. My best friends dead and I miss him." Bright cried into Amy's shoulder "I miss him too." Amy held on to Bright and the two cried in to eachother's arms.
(Westlife-Miss you Nights)
I've had many times I can tell you Times when innocence I'd trade for company And children saw me crying I thought I'd had my share of that But these miss you nights are the longest
Midnight diamonds stud my heaven Southward burning like the jewels that are your face And the warm winds that embrace me Just as surely kissed your face Yet these miss you nights they're the longest
(Lay down) Lay down all thoughts of your surrender It's only me who's killing time (Lay down) Lay down all dreams once remembered It's just the same this miss you game
Thinking of my going How to cut the thread and leave it all behind Looking windward for my comfort I take each day as it arrives But these miss you nights are the longest
But these miss you nights are the longest
Ephram walked into the kitchen; a green apple begged to be picked up so he grabbed it and bit in to the green skin, revealing a juicy centre. Nina came in to the kitchen with a great big smirk on her face and the telephone in one of her hands. "Someone looks happy today?" Ephram laughed. Nina laughed too and gave him the phone "I think you will be to when you hear what the person at the other end of the phone has to say." Ephram looked at her curiously "Okay" taking the phone he spoke in to the receiver. He was relieved to here that of his dad's voice at the other end "Dad, hey!" A few moments passed whilst Ephram let his dad speak "Oh, sure no that's a good idea. When will you be back?" A few more moments passed "Okay well I will see you and Irv on Tuesday then" Ephram paused "Bye Dad, yeah don't worry I will, bye" Nina's smile dropped "Tuesday?" Ephram rubbed his eyes "Yes you heard correct Tuesday, he is having such a stress free time out they're; him and Irv have decided to stay a few more days. Leaving you in charge of us. You know this is typical of him. God I knew it, he is never going to come back to us is he? Never." Ephram's breathing increased. Nina moved towards some left over paper bags and passed it to Ephram. Pushing it away he replied, "I'm fine." Nina put it back down and grabbed two cups and juice from the fridge. She poured to glasses and then passed one to Ephram. "Thanks" he replied. "Honey, your dad will come back and I think deep down you know he will, just give him time I am sure Irv is talking to him; giving him some good advice." Ephram laughed "You know I took Delia out last night, the ice rink was shut. We skipped that went for dinner only the Harts and Abbots were in there having dinner together. Delia ran out I had to run after her, she broke down and cried. So we came back here, no night out but we did have noodles here." Nina groaned. "Yeah you think that's bad" Ephram continued "Delia thanked me for being a great Big Brother and for the first time in my life I didn't feel like a big brother, I felt like a dad! So you see I need dad back here tomorrow not Tuesday." He sobbed. "Oh Ephram I'm sorry, but hey its only a few more days and we can make the place all nice for him when he comes back. Just don't get yourself worked up; otherwise you may have another panic attack and then your dad will have a reason to worry." "You're right, what do we tell Delia?" Ephram chucked his apple core in the bin and went back to sit on the stool. "We tell her the truth, her dad is having a stress free couple of days so he can come back and be refreshed for you and her, come here" Nina held her arms out. Ephram motioned towards her and hugged her.
Dr Abbot caught Amy going out the door; her hair was freshly washed and lapped over her shoulders. She wore a cream suede jacket and a floating purple skirt. "Where do you think your going?" Amy spun round surprised to find her father coming out of the kitchen. A hot drink in one hand and a paper in the other. His spectacles were rested on the bridge of his nose ready for his daily reading session. "Out" Amy proceeded to open the door, the sunlight streamed through the opening. "Out? Can you give me some idea?" Amy shrugged. Dr Abbot repeated the shrugging movement "That's a funny out" he smiled. "If you must know I am going to talk with Ephram, I want to help him." Dr Abbot placed his drink down on the telephone table. Walking towards Amy he kissed her on the forehead and mentioned how proud he was of her. He watched her depart through the door, down the porch stairs and out of sight.
Amy stood outside the Brown's house before shakily walking up the steps. Pausing before she knocked she remembered the night before and almost willed herself to turn round. But before she could her heart had made the decision for her and she had knocked on the door. Ephram opened the door "Amy?" "Hi Ephram, I was wondering if we could have a chat." Ephram put his arm out towards the inside of his home, giving a yes signal to Amy. "I was actually having a bet with myself to see how long you were going to contemplate knocking on the front door." Amy looked at him dumbfounded "You saw me and you didn't come out." Amy smiled. "Look Amy why are you here? We haven't exactly been on talking terms since.since" Ephram paused and looked down towards the shiny wooden floor. "Since Colin's death. You know you can say it, to be honest Ephram I don't know why I have come here, but I followed you last night and I watched you care for Delia and I realised Colin wouldn't of wanted you or your family to suffer like that." Ephram looked up to her "After two months you suddenly realised that." Amy looked solemnly "Yeah well what do you expect I had just lost the love of my life, a person I have known since I was a child. I wasn't up to talking. You know you are lucky I even came to see you. You're lucky that I have Bright on your side. Everyone has forgiven you. Except it!" Ephram went to sit down on the sofa he motioned for Amy to come and sit down with him. "Thank you Amy for coming to visit me, I know it couldn't of been easy" he sighed "But this, this is to late. My dad had to go away for a few days to sort his head out. He was pretty messed up over the whole thing." Amy looked confused "So what are you saying?" Ephram turned away from her, he arose from the sofa and walked up the photo of his mother on the mantle piece "I am saying you're too late." "But Ephram, please understand me, grieving is a hard process, you wouldn't have a clue about it." "Oh no I wouldn't would I how dare you come in here and say that to me. I have been grieving for a whole year. MY MOM IS DEAD in case you have forgotten so don't you dare." He sobbed, "Don't you dare" sobbing he fell on the floor. "Ephram I am so sorry, come here," she said sinking down with him she pulled him in for a hug.
Nina watched from the door as she saw the two teenagers crying on the floor. She noticed Ephram wheeze in between the crying. Worried she went in to the kitchen that's when she heard Amy crying out his name. Running back in from the kitchen she ran in to the front room. Ephram was lying on the floor struggling for breath. "Nina what's happening to him, why can't he breathe?" Nina ran in to the room, flashbacks of the other day occurred in her thoughts "He is having another panic attack, Amy I need you to go and get your dad." Amy took one last look at Ephram before running out of the door. She ran as far as her legs could carry her, tears formed in her eyes and they spilled over them as she ran. Running up her porch steps she ran in to the house, out of breathe she ran into her Dad's reading room "DAD?" she shouted. He was no longer reading a cup half full of tea lay on top of a place mat. "DAD?" she shouted. Running out of the room she ran into her dad coming down the stairs. Concerned Bright had come out of the lounge. Dr Abbot ran down the stairs in a panic, "Amy, what is it?" "I was at Ephram's house we had an argument and then he broke own, but he started to he had trouble breathing. It was like he was having an attack. Amy said hurriedly. Dr Abbot ran into his reading room, grabbing his doctor's case he rushed to the door. "Bright stay here, Amy come with me." Running Dr Abbot and Amy arrived at Ephram's house in no time at all. It always seemed quicker when you were panicked by something to get to a destination.
Waltzing through the door, Dr Abbot found Ephram collapsed on the floor breathing in to a paper bag. "Ephram?" he asked. Checking his eyes with a small flashlight he grabbed a small inhaler out of his bag. He placed it in Ephram's mouth "I need you to breath in." Ephram struggled but he managed two small puffs. His breathing seemed to settle. Nina glanced at Dr Abbot. "Last time this happened I called the ambulance but they said it was just panic attacks and not asthma, I'm confused?" Dr Abbot listened to Ephram's chest with his stethoscope. "No they were right to say that, its not asthma but inhalers sometimes help people in Panic Attack situations, his chest seems to be getting loser, you say this happened before." Nina nodded "Yes a couple of days ago, Friday I think." Dr Abbot noticed colour coming back into Ephram's cheeks, Ephram looked pretty dazed though so Dr Abbot kept him lying down for the moment "Do you know if its happened before, does he have a history of it?" Nina thought hard for some time but she hadn't seen him have one before. "No, I was taking the kids to a friends. It's a good job Amy was here." Amy shook her head "No it wasn't, we were having an argument, it was my fault." Ephram coughed "I have had them before" he wheezed, "They started when my mom died." He coughed a few more times. Nina looked at Ephram shocked. "Ephram I am going to put you in bed okay? Nina can you grab his side, and Amy can you support is back please." The two ladies got in their positions, ready for when Ephram was lifted up. "After three, one, two, three" Dr Abbot lifted up Ephram. Nina supported one side while Amy supported the back. They took Ephram to his bedroom. Nina took of his top but left his trousers on and pulled the quilt over him. Leaving him to drift of to sleep, she went downstairs.
"Thanks so much Dr Abbot" Nina said, hugging him, she then hugged Amy to thank her aswell. "I have some breathing equipment at the house, I will bring it over tonight and check how he is doing." Nina nodded her house and lifted up the kettle towards Amy and Dr Abbot "No thank you, we better be of." Nina agreed, "Okay then, I will see you this evening?" she checked. "Yes, definitely. Check on him every half an hour, give him plenty of fluids and make sure he gets some rest." Dr Abbot asked before departing. Pausing at the bottom of the porch he turned back around "Any word on Andy?" Nina sighed, "Yes, he is staying away for a few more days." Dr Abbot groaned "Sorry to hear that, you know we have decided to let bygones be bygones." Nina huffed "Well that was rich of you, its only taken you two months" "I know Nina and we are truly sorry we hadn't realised how much pain we cause." Nina tucked her hair behind her ears "Lets just forget about it, at least instil Andy is back and we can sort things out once and for all." Dr Abbot rubbed his left eye "Sure I'll see you tonight?" Nina nodded. She waved goodbye to the Abbots and went back to check on Ephram. She sat on his bed and watched him sleep. Stroking his head she thanked God for sparing the teenager. "What are we going to do with you?" she whispered, shaking her head.
To Be Continued...