The little girl stood by the door and finally said what no one expected.
“She was the only one who came to my side when I cried.”
The room froze.
The woman in the hospital bed could barely move, but those words said everything. When the child was hurt, scared, and alone, she remembered exactly who showed up for her.
The doctor’s face broke.
He tried to hold himself together, but the truth was already out. Then he made the decision everyone was waiting for.
“Then she stays.”