The News Interview
Chapter 19 - The News Interview
Emily was hired by the same local hospital where she had been born.
A year later, the local news interviewed her about a community health program.
Frank watched from his recliner.
The same television.
The same room.
But everything else had changed.
The walls were clean.
The beer cans were gone.
Emily appeared on screen in blue scrubs.
The reporter introduced her.
Frank smiled.
This time, his face did not collapse from shock.
His phone rang.
Emily.
“Are you watching?”
“Of course.”
“Don't cry.”
“I'm not.”
“Dad.”
Frank laughed.
“Fine.”
He looked at the television.
Five years earlier, that screen gave him back a daughter.
Now she was simply calling her father.
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Some miracles stopped looking like miracles once they became ordinary.
Frank thought that made them even better.
