A strange request

EIGHT YEARS AGO

“You haven't told me why Camilla hasn’t come to see me since all this while,” Roman told his mother one day, not long after he was discharged from the hospital.

Mrs. Prescott released a long, heavy sigh looking like she wished that she was anywhere but there.

“Um, I’m really sorry, Roman, but we did not want to tell you anything about it until after you were well enough. Camil