Chapter 19

CIARA

I blinked back tears as I walked into the room. Grandfather was looking so small on the bed with all those wires all over his body. the machine’s beeping was the only sound in the room.

Grandmother Grace was sitting on one of the chairs looking older than her original age. I had never seen her look so sad and sullen, she was never speechless or without anything to say. It was strange to see my vibrant grandfather lying still and unmoving on the bed and it was weird seeing Mama Grace quiet. She always had something to say to me or anyone around.

She always had something to say about my fashion sense, my choice of deodorant, etc. Things right now were too weird. I never thought a day would come when I would see my family like this. When Sophie left, I didn’t think anything of it terming it as one of life’s many things.

Grandfather lying in this bed looking lifeless was not one of such things and neither was Mama Grace’s silence.

I closed my eyes as