“Are you ready sir?” The doctor had come into the room. Hannah’s father had decided to actually do it. He gravely looks at the doctor, pleading for a final solution.
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It’s storming pretty badly outside, the rain is pounding relentlessly on the windows.
“Please turn the radio down, I need to relax. Its a really bad storm out.”
“Yea mom, sure thing.” Practically ripping the nob from the control, I set the radio to zero.
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Sydney and her mother hold Hannah’s hand as the father moves to the machine.
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“Listen, I’m sorry I had to get you out of there. I wanted you to get out of there before the storm got to bad.”
“Mom, I was having a great time.”
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“No wait. Don’t do it. Can’t we just give her more time?” The mother pleads. Her handkerchief is completely drenched.
But the father just stares into her eyes, hand around the plug, and says softly, “No”
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“Honey, I know you were, but It’s dangerous – ” The moment was bitterly ironic as she was rudely interrupted by the blaring of a truck horn.
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