Chapter 44 Bedside Vigil

• Nicholas
• As I watched, Piper seemed to crumble in on herself. The guilt and the worry pushed down on her shoulders and made her small. It didn’t suit her. She was strong, a fighter, yet fear for Elva tore straight through her.
• I had known the child a few short weeks, and already I was in agony, watching her cry and shake with fever. I could only imagine how Piper felt. To watch her daughter be sick now, and so often, must have been a special kind of torture.