Chapter 1
Hailey climbed each stair purpose filled. With each step she took the more adamant she grew to fulfill her desired intentions. The effects it would pose on her poor father had her mind wavering for the entire fifteen minutes she spent in the kitchen. She clutched the tray fiercely trying to steady the noisome tremors from her mother's finest chinaware. Nearing the door to her father's room she grew sickened by the thought of causing more heartache to her father. With her right hand clenched in a tight fist she gently knocked the door, it creaked open 'it wasn't closed' she thought...
She glanced at her father laying very still in bed, he seemed frozen.
"Papa?" she whispered...