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Wait. I know that voice.
Where am I?
Beep.
That’s Allie. Did she die too?
Beep.
She’s pretty funny, and she makes good cookies. And kids, too. She made a good kid.
Shit. I hope she didn’t die. She needs to be there for Jadon. I don’t remember her being there with me when I...
How did I die again?
Something about goats... Fuck, I already forgot.
Something warm covers my hand. I think it’s Allie. Yes, it’s definitely Allie. I know the feel of her hands.
“I love you, you big idiot. Who does that? I was so afraid and then you just pulled a stunt like that. You win parent of the year, though. Your son idolizes you more than he already did. He’s telling the nursing staff his dad is a superhero.”
I love her. She’s something else. A real person and not fake at all.
That beeping keeps going off and whatever it is, I would love to take a sledgehammer to it.
There’s another voice nearby, and I don’t recognize it. It’s very soft. A man’s voice.
Why is there another man here in... wherever I am with Allie?
“...more information every hour as local authorities are investigating his business activities and relationships with the District Attorney’s office and two superior court judges.”
What?
“KZA Channel 7 News has also attempted to reach out to Katrina Vandenburg, the daughter of Mark and Vivian Vandenburg, but we have not received a response. We hope she will shed some light on the situation regarding her parents’ involvement in the kidnapping and the attempted murder of Mark Vandenburg’s illegitimate child, Allison Greenfield. More on the case in the next hour.”
What is going on?
I need to open my eyes because this afterlife is not what I signed up for.
Once I force open my sealed eyelids, I take a deep breath.
Hospital. Guess that’s better than dying. Or... well, whatever.
She’s the first thing I focus on. Allie is holding my hand, despite the weird clamp thing around my finger, while flipping through different news stations on a tiny television.
Things come back to me. Ted. The phone call. Allie screaming. Chasing them down the highway.
Right. Vivian lost her shit and almost hit Allie and Jadon.
Fuck, I hope Tom is okay.
When I can actually move my fingers around hers, Allie jumps with an audible gasp, turning to me.
She covers her mouth with her hands, and her eyes water. “Lucas!” She drops her hands and smiles. Then I forget the soreness in my neck and sides. Slowly, she leans forward and hugs me gently around my shoulders.
My arms are stiff, and reaching up to hold her is nearly impossible, but I get one arm around her.
Allie kisses the side of my head before dropping back into her chair next to me. I keep my eyes on her like the best damn thing I could have asked to see first. She’s wearing one of my college hoodies. She can keep it. They clearly made it for her.
