Until Forever
“When she awoke, she couldn’t say if it was the same day or the next, but that deep ache was still there—and so was her brother, David.
She had to rub her eyes to make sure she wasn’t seeing things, but he was definitely there, sitting in a chair pulled up beside her bed. And he was smiling at her, really beaming, as if he had some special news to impart that he couldn’t contain any longer.
“Hello there, beautiful,” he said cheerfully and reached over to grab her hand for a gentle squeeze. “Welc...ome back to the living.”
“Excuse me?” she said, blinking at him. “Did I die or something?”
He chuckled. “No, but it was damn close.”
At that point, she figured he was pulling her leg for some reason she couldn’t begin to guess at, and so she feigned a yawn, leaned back against her pillows, and said in a bored tone, “Okay, I give. Tired I might be, but half-dead with exhaustion? No, I don’t think so.” But then she remembered all the crying she’d done and added, “On second thought, maybe I’ll allow that I look worse than I feel.”MoreLess
She had to rub her eyes to make sure she wasn’t seeing things, but he was definitely there, sitting in a chair pulled up beside her bed. And he was smiling at her, really beaming, as if he had some special news to impart that he couldn’t contain any longer.
“Hello there, beautiful,” he said cheerfully and reached over to grab her hand for a gentle squeeze. “Welc...ome back to the living.”
“Excuse me?” she said, blinking at him. “Did I die or something?”
He chuckled. “No, but it was damn close.”
At that point, she figured he was pulling her leg for some reason she couldn’t begin to guess at, and so she feigned a yawn, leaned back against her pillows, and said in a bored tone, “Okay, I give. Tired I might be, but half-dead with exhaustion? No, I don’t think so.” But then she remembered all the crying she’d done and added, “On second thought, maybe I’ll allow that I look worse than I feel.”MoreLess
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