p: that's horrible! if you only have a short time left, you should spend it out living!
e: what do you mean
p: sitting inside in that bed isn't really living. don't take this the wrong way, but if you keep spending all of your time in that sterile place, you might as well be gone already.
phil set his phone down and pushed his food around on his plate. he didn't want to upset her, but he wanted to tell her the truth.
twenty minutes passed and she still hasn't responded.
p: elodie?
elodie glanced at her phone when the screen lit up. another text from phil.
her mother was in the chair next to her bed, where she was most days.
elodie sighed deeply and closed her eyes, imagining a crystal blue sky above her in place of dull white tiles.
