EXCERPT from BRAX
“And the lights were everywhere, shining and twinkling as the couple walked down the aisle. Everyone knew that it would be a wedding to remember, one for the ages. They just wanted there to be a happy ending somewhere,” reading Brax from the book.
He reached for Stephanie’s hand, feeling the soft skin beneath his own rough flesh. She’d been in a drug-induced coma for eight days now. Eight days without speaking, without opening her eyes, without waking on her own.
Too critical to move, they couldn’t even take her to the pond. Now, he was resorting to reading her Charlie’s books, and it was making him more than a little uncomfortable.
“I need you to wake up, Steph. I need to tell you what an asshole I’ve been, what an idiot I am. You probably already know that, but it’d be better if I said it first. You can’t leave me. You just can’t.”
“She’ll be alright,” said Adam, walking in behind him.
“How can you say that? Nothing has changed in the last week,” frowned Brax.
“She’s in a coma, Brax. We’ve been keeping her there for the pain but are slowly reducing the medications. She’ll wake eventually on her own. Her injuries are no longer life-threatening as of this morning. Once she wakes, we can take her to this magical pond of yours.”
“Will she really live?” he asked in a choked voice.
“Yes, son. She’ll really live.”
“Did you hear that, Steph? You’re going to be okay. Please wake up, honey. Wake up so you can tell me that I’m an asshole,” he pleaded.
He felt her fingers move beneath his, and Adam raised a brow. As her eyes fluttered open, he heard the sweetest sound ever.
“You’re an asshole.”