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Chapter Thirty-Three
Nick
I thoughtI’d come to the hospital today to touch base.
The weekend seemed too far away.
Sherine was at Tommy’s side when I got here and she left to give me some time with him.
I sit next to him for a while and watch, noting how peaceful he looks.
He doesn’t look like Tommy anymore.
He’s lost weight and his face is gaunt. His features are almost skeletal but there’s a peacefulness on his face that reminds me of the day he got married.
I don’t think I’ll ever forget it. I was his best man and I was the worst of the bunch on the bachelor party trip to Vegas.
I ended up sleeping with three strippers and woke up in a barn in the middle of nowhere.
He said to me when we next met up that one day I’d find a woman to tame me. I never believed him because I’d already lost Vanessa. I just thought he was talking some loved up shit.
“You were right.” I say out loud, like we’re talking and continuing the conversation from years ago. “Her name’s Mia. You wouldn’t believe how we met. I was an asshole to her.”
Suddenly I find myself telling him about the angel and I can’t believe I’m talking like we used to. It feels strange that he’s not answering back but I talk anyway.
“I found the girl Tommy and I’m not letting go.”
Out the corner of my eye I notice the twitch of his finger. It’s brief but I notice it and I jump. It’s the first movement he’s made in the two months he’s been here.
“Tommy!” I gasp.
Hope fills my heart. I just want him to wake up.
God, I just want him to wake up.
Hope soars through me when I see the twitch again, but hope fades away in the same moment when the machines go crazy.
The heart monitor starts beeping and I don’t know what that means because it doesn’t make sense.
The monitor looks like he’s flatlining and the alarm goes off. The door bursts open and a team of doctors rush in. Sherine is right there. One of them holds her back as she screams and cries.
I’m pushed out of the way while they do their work.
Work…
Defibrillators come down hard on his chest and there’s so many people around him. The monitor is what I’m looking at though. It’s still a flat line. No beeping. His heart isn’t beating…
Tommy was always the one with heart.
He has a wife and child. He loves them both. He told me so, he wanted more kids. He loves Sherine with all his heart. He told me that too and I couldn’t believe he’d turned soft on me.
Why isn’t his heart beating? He has so much to live for.
He has a wife and child. A child who needs him. He has to see his little boy grow up.
The sounds around me all scramble into one. There’s too much going on.
Sherine is screaming louder.
