Roger POV
She turned around and I was wrong. It was Lena, our beautiful 11 year old daughter. I caught her just as she was about to fall. I could feel her shaking, see her sweating, hear her breathing heavily. I stepped out of the way as she threw up. When she was done I picked her up. This felt like daja vu. She was sobbing she looked scared, pale, helpless. I carried her up to our loft. I sat her down on the couch.
"It's okay" I said. I wiped her hair out of her face. "Everything will be fine" I tried to make my voice sound calm. I was fighting back the tears. She kept shaking. I hugged her hoping she would stop shaking.
"Dad" she got out. I knew what she was going to say, Mark told me everything. "I have…I'm the one taking"
"I know" I said. "Uncle Mark told me". I couldn't hold it in anymore I started crying. "Lena, why?" I asked. She swallowed and took a deep breath.
"Uncle Mark told you?" I got my green sweater and put it on her. She laid in my lap. "Lena," I could tell she was tired, I got comfortable on the couch and like her I fell asleep.
I kept waking up to make sure she was breathing. The last time I did that was when she was born, but the only reason I did that was because I was a new father. I wasn't sure how to break it to Mimi. Where did Mimi go wrong? Where did I go wrong?
My thought was broken by a weak groan followed by a coughing fit. Then it went silent again. I could feel the shaky hand trying to find my hand. I grabbed it.
"Dad.." "I'm here baby". I sat up and laid her on the couch and I knelt beside her.
"I'm scared, dad, I'm sorr…" her voice got quieter
"So am I baby, so am I" I felt her forehead, she was burning up. I was panicking inside.
When Mimi came home, I sat her down. Her eyes filled with tears as I told her. I held her, and I wiped the tears from her face. She kept repeating 'this is all my fault' I wasn't going to argue that.
The next couple of months Mimi and I would sit by Lena's room to make sure she was staying home. We finally got enough courage to go back to our own room. Mimi was getting better…again. But soon Mimi was got sick again, and Lena was not looking well either.