“Please take me to see him.”

“Let’s get you checked out first after which I’ll take you.”

“I don’t care about me…”

Caleb takes my face in between his arms, makes me look him within the eye, shakes his head, and says, “I care about what occurs to you. If Clark wakes up and finds you in a mattress beside him then ICU higher have a mattress for me by the point he’s completed with me. Clark goes nowhere. I’ve advised Damien to name me if there are any sudden adjustments.”

I nod weakly. Proper now, I’m in no match state to argue with anybody. Not solely can I not stand, I doubt I’d get very far with this mind fog hanging over me.

I’m coming, Clark. Cling in there, child.

***

Caleb and Clay wheel me right into a kin’ ready space, and Nancy jumps up from her seat and hugs me tight the second she sees me.

“You poor youngster. I’m so glad to see you effectively. My previous coronary heart can’t take any extra heartache at this time. How are you?” She pulls again from me barely and appears me up and down. I suppose she’s in search of accidents.

“I’m okay. Caleb and Clay acquired to us in time, because of Gail’s fast pondering. How’s Clark? Is he awake?”

Nancy shakes her head and takes a seat beside my wheelchair. Her heat arms clench round mine. “He’s vital, sweetheart. However we’ve acquired to consider he’ll pull by this. He’s robust. He wouldn’t depart you behind.”

Tears roll down my cheeks. I don’t know the way I’ve acquired any tears left after the tear and snot fest I’ve had at this time.

“He’ll be okay, Nancy.”

I don’t know who I’m making an attempt to persuade extra. All I do know is that Clark gained’t depart this world with no struggle. He’s been by a lot, fought his household for independence, constructed a life for himself, and become an exquisite man. He has a lot extra to present. Desires to dwell.

“I can bear in mind when Clark was a boy and he fell from the tree within the orchard. I requested him why he was climbing the timber within the first place, and he mentioned as a result of I needed an apple. I laughed as a result of there was a bowl stuffed with apples within the kitchen. The foolish boy was simply too cussed and impartial that he needed to do issues the laborious means.”

“I do not forget that day. He broke his arm in two locations,” says Damien as he squeezes my shoulder earlier than taking a seat beside Nancy.

“You had been each at all times as much as mischief. You had been good boys, although. I’m simply glad hair dye was simple to choose up once you had been children as a result of my grey hair began coming by fairly early.”

All of us chortle at Nancy as we bear in mind what Clark and Damien acquired as much as as kids. We laughed, performed, and even had our disagreements, however they had been at all times short-lived. I by no means anticipated our lives to end up the way in which they did. I maintain our households answerable for all of it. All our households have finished is tear us down and rip items away from our hearts and souls. This might have all been averted. The heartache, tears, loss… we didn’t should undergo any of it.

“We’ll get by this… collectively,” says Nancy.

I look down at our joined arms and smile on the connection. In a means, I really feel linked to Clark by Nancy’s contact. I simply hope now we are able to all assist Clark discover his means again to us.

We’re right here, Clark. Simply hold combating. I promise you’ll by no means should struggle once more.

Chapter 37

Kally

I’ve sat on this hospital room for thus lengthy that each inch of it’s ingrained in my head. I understand how many tiles are on the ceiling, I do know the place each mark is on the home windows, and I do know the right rhythm of the machines beeping. I’ve finished nothing however pray since I entered this hospital. I’m undecided if anybody up there may be listening to me, however I hope for Clark’s sake that they’re. I would like him to return to me. I would like to point out him how a lot he means to me. We’ve wasted a lot time away from one another, and I hope I get an opportunity to make that proper.

“Is it simply me or are hospitals very miserable?” asks Damien.

I look over at him lazing on the sofa within the nook of the room. Neither he nor I’ve left Clark alone. We’ve taken it in turns to bathe, eat, and stretch our legs.

“They certain are. It makes you loopy trying on the identical 4 partitions. I used to be by no means so glad to listen to that I used to be being discharged after Daisy…” I chunk my lip and stand as much as stroll over to the window. “I simply want he’d get up.”

“He’ll. I do know he’ll. We’ve simply acquired to be affected person.”

“I’m not a really affected person particular person anymore, Damien.”

“I’ve observed. Clark will like this new, reformed feisty lady. You’ll hold him on his toes.”

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