Chapter 84: Austin

The days that followed Sarah's accident were awful. She'd defied the odds and made it past each milestone the doctors said she would never reach, although it happened at an unbelievably slow pace. She'd been kept in a medically induced coma while her organs and bones heal. Even that hadn't been without complications. Sarah had spontaneous internal bleeding that required additional surgery; her appendix burst, which the physicians swore had nothing to do with the accident-I didn't believe it. And the list went on so long, I'd lost track.

Jack had spent every waking moment at the hospital with Sarah, leaving Randi home by herself. I'd been apprehensive about staying there without his permission, and then I realized he'd left her to the wolves. It wasn't in Randi's best interest to be isolated. She'd been despondent at best, and each day that passed, it only got worse.

Her dad had done everything he could to keep Randi from Sarah, even against the advice of her physicians.