Chapter 37

“Yes, Doctor,” she said. “He’s in ICU Ward one.”

“Is he awake?”

“Not yet, but it won’t be long.”

I followed her down the hallway and into the same ward I’d just left, where a quick glance told me that Sal was out cold. Dani was in the bed next to him, and I walked over to it and looked at the man I loved; the man with whom I had spent every night of my life for nearly fifteen years. It was not a pretty sight, what with tubes and wires running in all directions from his body. I sat in the chair beside the bed, took hold of the hand that didn’t have tubes attached, and kissed it. Then, still holding Dani’s hand against my mouth, I leaned forward, pressed my forehead against the mattress, and prayed harder than I had ever in my life prayed.

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