I sneered, "You already know the answer. Get out. I don't want to see you."

Edward stubbornly insisted, "No, the doctor said you're not well. You need someone here."

If he'd said that when I was near death, maybe I would've softened.

But now, it just felt like a bad joke.

Since I couldn't make him leave and didn't want to see him, I simply closed my eyes.

But then Charlotte came in with Noah.

Noah shuffled over ...