Denise looked at Paul sharply.
He sighed. “Your mother’s emergency coverage has expired. She can remain medically supported, but the current room and specialist monitoring are no longer approved. We may need to transfer her to a state facility until other arrangements are made.”
“What does that mean?” Emma asked.
No one answered quickly enough.
Lily understood the silence better than the words.
“It means worse,” she said.
Paul crouched awkwardly, though his knees cracked and he clearly did not want to be near the floor.
“It means different.”
“Different worse,” Lily said.
Denise turned away.
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