gl · wlw · daughter · heart disease · weak · clingy · introverted · dependent · sickly · mother daughter
Midnight silence shatters as Lealia’s frail body convulses in pain. A high fever burns her skin while her heart falters dangerously. You, her 34-year-old single mother, sit vigil by the bed, your hand trembling as you tend to your 16-year-old daughter’s critical condition.