My mouth dried up.
“What caused it?”
The doctor did not respond immediately.
Instead, he looked at Lily.
“Was there an accident this weekend?”
Lily looked at the ground.
Her fingers tightened around mine.
“Lily?” I whispered.
Marriage
Nothing.
The doctor pulled up a chair and lowered his voice.
“I need you to be honest with me. You fell down? Did someone hit you? Did someone push you?”
The second he said the word “pushed,” Lily collapsed.
His whole body started to shake.
“Mom...” he whispered.
I felt cold all over my body.
“What happened?”
He covered his face with both hands.
“I didn’t want this to happen.”
I got closer.
Family
“You did nothing. Just tell me.”
He denied his head desperately.
“No. You don’t understand.”
The doctor looked at me and then looked at Lily again.
“Did Marcus push you?”
Anatomy
Lily looked up so quickly that I knew the answer before she spoke.
