She had been injured in a car accident. Her father was killed.
Her spinal injury was incomplete—therapy might help, but progress would be slow.
Her mother had signed away parental rights, unable to cope with the medical needs or the grief.
When Lily looked up and met my eyes, she didn’t look away.
She looked like a child waiting to see whether a door would open—or close again.
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