Leigh Bale

The Healing Place


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something else. She had two days before Mark came to pick her up to take her shopping. Two days to settle her nerves and gain control.

      “I can do this.” She clenched her hand and pounded it against the dashboard. “I know I can do this. I won’t become emotionally involved with him and I won’t let him get close to me ever again.”

      No matter what, she was not going to start to care for him or his sweet little daughter.

      Chapter Five

      Mark didn’t set the alarm on Friday nights. Saturday mornings he slept in, awakened by the sunshine filtering through the shutters in his bedroom. He stretched on the king-sized bed, enjoying some peace after a long, hectic week.

      He had needed a good night’s sleep. So had Angie.

      Today he was going shopping with Emma. The thought of seeing her again made him happy, an emotion he rarely felt these days.

      After showering, he pulled on a pair of faded jeans and a blue T-shirt, then went downstairs and found Angie in the family room, watching cartoons.

      “Hey, babe, how you doing today?” he asked as he clipped on his wristwatch.

      Curled up on the couch with her dogs, she wore her pink fuzzy slippers and lacy jammies. “Fine.”

      She sounded so grown-up. That was the worst part of this illness. It forced her to lose too much of her innocence.

      “How about going to the Pancake House for breakfast?”

      Pursing her lips together, she shook her head. “No, thanks. I’m not hungry.”

      He sat beside her on the couch. Dusty nudged his arm and he petted the fluffy Maltese. “You know that’s the chemo talking, right? Remember, we talked about how you need to eat even when you don’t feel like it? You have to keep up your strength so your body can fight the tumor.”

      She tugged at the tassels on the throw pillow. “I know, Dad. But when you just don’t feel like eating, it’s kind of hard to get any food down.”

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