Fierce Devotion

"No, just the one." Her soft smile showed no teeth, and her eyelids were only open halfway.

"Have you eaten yet?" I glanced at the time on the stove, seeing it was past dinner time, but something told me that if her stomach was empty, she would refuse to eat. I prayed that was not the case.

I had watched her pick at her food each meal, which made dread flood my stomach each time. She would worse