Chapter 48: Brace Yourself

*Alistair*

‘My wife is in a coma...’ Alistair thought blankly to himself.

It seemed like the room and everything else in it was melting away when he’d first heard the nurse speak. A huge part of him didn’t want to believe it. It was as though he had awakened into a complete nightmare.

‘She’s not dead.’ This was the new mantra, Alistair continued to cycle through his head. Daphne’s not dead. She’s just asleep. She’s not dead.’

The way he saw it, he hadn’t lost her yet. Daphne was still there, but now he was forced to lay his trust into the hands of others. Blackwood wasn’t one for hoping. Even as a child he never made a wish for anything. His parents would have considered it a foolish thing to do.

A waste of time.