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“Anything?” he asked.
I shook my head.
“This is ridiculous,” Shelly exclaimed. “We’ve been here for over an hour, and nobody can tell us anything. It’s like déjà vu. Give me his number – I’m going to call him.”
Brody took her hand and pulled her into the chair next to him. “Chase said he would call her. Give him some time. We don’t know what is going on, if anything. He’ll reach out when he’s ready to.”
“But he doesn’t even know that we’re here! He could have left, for all we know.”
“He would have come through this door. His car is still parked outside. Just give it some more time.” He kissed her forehead.
I was grateful that Brody came. Shelly was wound too tightly for me to handle right now. He would be able to reason with her, if anyone could.
“Are you okay?” she asked.
I nodded.
“Your nightmare again?”
“No. A different one actually.”
She raised her eyebrows. “A different nightmare? About what?”
“I don’t even know if it was a nightmare. I think… I think it was a memory.”
“From the night of your accident?”
“I heard someone telling me to keep my eyes open. But I couldn’t. I kept drifting off. Then it got loud, and there were a lot of people. I was in pain. I could hear beeping in the background.”
“It sounds like the Emergency Room,” Brody offered.
“Merr, who was telling you to keep your eyes open? Who did it sound like?”
“I couldn’t make out the voice. It sounded garbled, and far away. Whenever I would try to speak, I would choke. I couldn’t get the words out.”
Brody shook his head. “Maybe it wasn’t such a good idea, you coming here. I know this place brings back a lot of bad feelings for you.”
“But she needs her memories to come back from her accident. Maybe this is exactly the place you need to be,” Shelly countered.
I rested my head in my hand as I leaned on the armrest of the uncomfortable chair. “I just wish I knew if he was okay right now.”
“I’m sure he’s hanging in there. He’s with his family.” Brody reached out and touched my arm. “We could be here all night. I can stay with you, if you want to stay, or I can take you back home. It’s your call.”
“You guys don’t have to stay. I’m not leaving until I see him.”
Brody smiled. “I knew you were going to say that. I’ll go see if they have any pillows or blankets.”
Shelly scooted next to me while I checked my phone for the hundredth time. “He will call.”
“I hate this place.”
“I know. You’ve seen more of this place than anybody should in a lifetime.”
Brody returned with two pillows and a blanket. He held them out in front of us.
“I’ll just take a pillow. You guys can share the blanket.” I tucked the pillow in between my head and the armrest. I stared at my phone, watching the minutes tick by. 11:06… 11:07… 11:08… My eyelids felt heavy. I let them close for just a moment.
“Merritt, wake up.”
