Chapter 25

CIARA

It’s been two days, 2,880 minutes, and 172,800 seconds since Grandpa was admitted to the hospital, and nothing has changed. He is still unmoving, and the machines are the only things making noises. Grandma has been quiet these last two days, and I almost feel sorry that her doctor isn’t saying anything and no one is telling us anything.

All that happens each day is that a nurse comes in to check his vitals every morning and then sends us pitiful glances as she’s walking out. This repeats itself at night and honestly, I am this close to snapping her neck.

Also, we haven’t had any more surprise visitors. Orion and his brother, Bryan have been no-shows for two days and while I don’t care much about Orion showing up, I have longed for Bryan to show up. He had a way of relaxing me with his words and just his mere presence.

I found myself wanting to reach out to him but then that would be strange since we had no actual relationship. And the last thing we ne