Date Posted: 08/18/2026

During those first months, Katherine would press her skin to the door frame and watch her dad work for hours with his tools, fixing things around the house, here and there, coming and going with his hands full of collectible toy cars, repositioning them millimeter by millimeter on the shelves after hours of cleaning. They would talk at times; at others, she would just watch and smile at him, as if supporting the walls while leaning on the frames. On July 20, 2020, her father began to feel ill. Eight days later he tested positive and Katherine too.