"It looks like it's going to rain soon, so I'll let you play outside for an hour. No more than that. Do you understand?"

Nodding back, Jason immediately spread his arms. Seeing that her son's spirit had returned made Angeline smile broadly. For her, Jason was the most powerful medicine for all the pain she felt.

Angeline shook her head slowly. For now, she must not cry and must forget for a moment what she saw in the apartment earlier.

Soon Angeline took a wheelchair and moved her son to sit in it. They went to the hospital garden as Jason had requested.

As they walked down the hallway, Angeline...