Chapter 71

“And then I wake up… And when I do I’m scared, Jensen. Because it reminds me that he’s dying. My father is dying. And there is nothing I or anyone else can do about it. I try so hard to be strong but I’m not. We are all just sitting around waiting for him to die, Jensen.”

Jensen moved forward then and pulled her into his arms. She clung to him and he hated that he couldn’t fix this for her. But he understood. He rubbed her back and kissed the top of her head.

“Everything is going to be okay soon, Kat,” he said.

Katherine sniffed and pulled away from him. “How?” she asked. “How is it going to be okay? I can’t handle this. Jonathan is out there, acting like a man and trying to suck it up and Mom… She’s hurting. She’s hurting so bad. But she’s out there acting like she can control this… Like it’s just one little family problem. And Tim,… how t