The Fallout

CECE

My father dies before I reach the hospital. I learn this in a small consultation room that smells faintly of disinfectant and coffee, while Levi sits beside me with one hand wrapped around mine.

The doctor keeps speaking after he says it. But none of the words matter after the first sentence.

My father is dead. Mum isn't.

She is in surgery.

I cling to that difference so desperately tha