Life Support

When everything goes wrong in our lives, it's natural to look around for someone -or something- to blame.

Some people just couldn't commit to their own health. Instead they wasted their energy worrying about things they could do nothing about.

He looked at her, and she couldn't contradict him. Nor could she offer any false reassurance. Silence, at least, was honest.

Robbie Brace, a practical man, had chosen a practical field. Oh, but how it depressed him.

It's just something I'll have to live with... The possibility of getting sick. Not knowing if I'll live another two years or forty years. I keep telling myself, I could walk outside and get hit by a bus. That's the way life is. Just surviving another day comes with its own risk.

Only by the shuddering of the bed did Toby realize the girl was sobbing. Molly herself made no sound; it was as though her grief was trapped in a jar, her cries inaudible to anyone but her.