100 Themes Challenge

by Zena-Xina

[Current chapter: 82- Can You Hear Me?] A response to the 100 Themes Challenge over on Psychfic. 100 words, 100 chapters, 100 different themes! Each chapter is inspired by a different phrase or word, and are all individual little stories, involving different characters and scenarios.

20. Fortitude

Shawn looked up as someone walked into the room.

"Dad? What are you doing here?" he asked, glancing over to his mother on the bed next to him.

"You seriously didn't think I would come when I heard my ex-wife was dying from cancer? Christ, I didn't even know. Did you?"

Shawn looked down guilty. "Yeah, for about 15 years."

Henry was dumbfounded. "But... she never told me. How come I never saw it?!"

"She never let it show. She had amazing strength.. until now..."

"She always has been stubborn. I guess you got that from the both of us."