My Dad

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"Hi" I reply
"You look beautiful"
"Thanks"
"Your mom called me and said you had a tumor" he said "How do you feel?"
"I feel fine" I couldn't help but give him nothing but short answers. I didn't feel like talking to him, but he didn't seem to notice. My mom did though, she looked at me with a smile like she was begging me to give him a bit of sympathy.
How could I?
He kept his girlfriend AND his baby a secret. That was something that took time to forgive and forget.
He kept asking questions any worried person would. My mom though, would interrupt and answer the questions for me and boy, was I glad.
I started to color my coloring book and finished a page. When my dad saw it he said "Your baby brother is going to love that!"
All I did was laugh because I thought he was kidding. He was not about to take my drawing to the baby because I wanted to keep it as a memory.
I also never told him he could have it.
When he went to the restroom I told my mom I didn't want him to keep my drawing.
"Make him something else" she told me
If I were to make something else, I had to do it quick. So I made him a bracelet with his name on it and tied a knot.
When my dad came out I said to him "Here, this is for my brother"
"Aw he'll love it" he said grabbing the bracelet along with my drawing.
"Why are you taking my drawing?" I asked him?"
"It's for your baby brother"
I stared at him in silence. Then say "But I made him a bracelet"
"I gotta get going I have work tomorrow" he said before heading out the door.
I stare at my mom and I can tell she's reading my mind.
What just happened?
A few minutes later the doctors come in and tell me that I'll be getting my MRI results by tomorrow. This is the second day I've been in the hospital and tomorrow I'll be knowing the size of my tumor. Therefore I had to get a good nights sleep.

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