Chapter 39

• For the next four days Steven barely slept, rarely ate. He worked and every free moment he found himself in Ricky’s room.
• He’d sit with Rachel after work and take her home if she was too shaky to drive. Then he’d go back and sit there when he wasn’t needed somewhere else in the hospital.
• He smiled in his friendly doctor way whenever Ricky was awake, he’d persuade him to take a drink or a few bites when he had the time. When the child slept, Steven found himself willing him to get mad, to fight.