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fraction of an inch, and although she bent closer to listen, he didn't make a
sound, either.
She eased into the chair. The monitors hung overhead like
vultures as she struggled to regain her courage. It was like being in the
middle of a nightmare. I have to go through with this, she thought desperately.
I have to at least try.
"Randy," she said again. This time her voice was a
little stronger. "I got permission to visit you because I read somewhere
that some people who are in a . . . who are asleep . . . can hear what other
people say to them. I hope you can hear me because I want to tell you some
things."
Leaning back, she sighed deeply before she went on. This
wasn't so hard, after all. All she had to do was talk to him the way she would
if he were awake.
"First, I want to tell you that I'm sorry I didn't
trust you. I know now that I was mistaken about Laura McCall. I should have
known that you would try to help her if she needed it. I wish I could go back
to that day and start all over. I wouldn't listen in on her conversation with
Tammy, much less jump to conclusions about what she said. Also, I wouldn't get
mad when I saw you talking to her at Bumpers, and I definitely would not run
away from you and straight into the path of a car. Oh, Randy, you were such a
hero to save me, but I'd much rather have you awake again."
She paused. There was so much more she wanted to say, but
would he really be able to hear?
"Second, I wish I hadn't tried so hard to find someone
to take the blame for the accident. Especially Erica Fleming, the girl who was
driving the car. It wasn't fair. She couldn't stop, and she was just as scared
as I was. Maybe more.
"Most of all, I just want you to know how much I love
you. Please don't die. If you can hear me, please wake up so that things can be
the way they were before."
Still Randy slept. Jana's eyes filled with tears of defeat
as she sat watching him. Why didn't he open his eyes? Or at least move one
finger? Or make a tiny sound? Or do something to let her know that he had heard
her?
She sat there for a few more minutes, watching and waiting
and hoping, but nothing changed. The lines on the monitors continued their
quick movements across the screens, and the needles in the dials registered
their numbers. Her hope was rapidly fading away. Finally, she looked at him
sadly and said, "I guess I'd better go now so that your parents can come
back in."
Standing up, Jana started to turn away, but something
stopped her. She knew down deep that there was one more thing she had to do.
Bending over Randy, she kissed him gently on the cheek and said softly, "Wake
up, Sleeping Handsome."
To her astonishment his eyelids fluttered. Jana gasped and
stepped back, catching her balance on the chair. "He heard me," she whispered incredulously. Was he waking up? Had the fairy tale worked?
But slowly his eyes stopped fluttering, and he went on
sleeping as peacefully as before. Jana stared at him for an instant and then
shook her head defiantly.
"He heard me," she said out loud for a second
time. Her heart pounded inside her chest like a trapped bird. "He isn't
awake yet , but he HEARD ME!"
Spinning around, she raced out of the room to find Randy's
parents.
CHAPTER 13
"Mr. and Mrs. Kirwan! Come quickly!" Jana shouted.
"He heard me! I know he did!"
Randy's parents were sitting in a small lounge area near the
door to their son's room. At the sound of Jana's voice, they both looked
startled for an instant and then jumped to their feet, spilling magazines out
of their laps and onto the floor.
"What happened?" gasped Mr. Kirwan.
"Is he awake?" cried his mother as both of them
dashed toward Jana.
The nurse, who had been sitting peacefully at her desk, went
into action, also. She flipped the switch on her intercom and spoke rapidly
into the microphone. "Dr. Garza. Calling Dr. Garza. Please come to the
second floor ICU."
Jana led the Kirwans and the nurse into the dimly lit room where
Randy lay, but
fraction of an inch, and although she bent closer to listen, he didn't make a
sound, either.
She eased into the chair. The monitors hung overhead like
vultures as she struggled to regain her courage. It was like being in the
middle of a nightmare. I have to go through with this, she thought desperately.
I have to at least try.
"Randy," she said again. This time her voice was a
little stronger. "I got permission to visit you because I read somewhere
that some people who are in a . . . who are asleep . . . can hear what other
people say to them. I hope you can hear me because I want to tell you some
things."
Leaning back, she sighed deeply before she went on. This
wasn't so hard, after all. All she had to do was talk to him the way she would
if he were awake.
"First, I want to tell you that I'm sorry I didn't
trust you. I know now that I was mistaken about Laura McCall. I should have
known that you would try to help her if she needed it. I wish I could go back
to that day and start all over. I wouldn't listen in on her conversation with
Tammy, much less jump to conclusions about what she said. Also, I wouldn't get
mad when I saw you talking to her at Bumpers, and I definitely would not run
away from you and straight into the path of a car. Oh, Randy, you were such a
hero to save me, but I'd much rather have you awake again."
She paused. There was so much more she wanted to say, but
would he really be able to hear?
"Second, I wish I hadn't tried so hard to find someone
to take the blame for the accident. Especially Erica Fleming, the girl who was
driving the car. It wasn't fair. She couldn't stop, and she was just as scared
as I was. Maybe more.
"Most of all, I just want you to know how much I love
you. Please don't die. If you can hear me, please wake up so that things can be
the way they were before."
Still Randy slept. Jana's eyes filled with tears of defeat
as she sat watching him. Why didn't he open his eyes? Or at least move one
finger? Or make a tiny sound? Or do something to let her know that he had heard
her?
She sat there for a few more minutes, watching and waiting
and hoping, but nothing changed. The lines on the monitors continued their
quick movements across the screens, and the needles in the dials registered
their numbers. Her hope was rapidly fading away. Finally, she looked at him
sadly and said, "I guess I'd better go now so that your parents can come
back in."
Standing up, Jana started to turn away, but something
stopped her. She knew down deep that there was one more thing she had to do.
Bending over Randy, she kissed him gently on the cheek and said softly, "Wake
up, Sleeping Handsome."
To her astonishment his eyelids fluttered. Jana gasped and
stepped back, catching her balance on the chair. "He heard me," she whispered incredulously. Was he waking up? Had the fairy tale worked?
But slowly his eyes stopped fluttering, and he went on
sleeping as peacefully as before. Jana stared at him for an instant and then
shook her head defiantly.
"He heard me," she said out loud for a second
time. Her heart pounded inside her chest like a trapped bird. "He isn't
awake yet , but he HEARD ME!"
Spinning around, she raced out of the room to find Randy's
parents.
CHAPTER 13
"Mr. and Mrs. Kirwan! Come quickly!" Jana shouted.
"He heard me! I know he did!"
Randy's parents were sitting in a small lounge area near the
door to their son's room. At the sound of Jana's voice, they both looked
startled for an instant and then jumped to their feet, spilling magazines out
of their laps and onto the floor.
"What happened?" gasped Mr. Kirwan.
"Is he awake?" cried his mother as both of them
dashed toward Jana.
The nurse, who had been sitting peacefully at her desk, went
into action, also. She flipped the switch on her intercom and spoke rapidly
into the microphone. "Dr. Garza. Calling Dr. Garza. Please come to the
second floor ICU."
Jana led the Kirwans and the nurse into the dimly lit room where
Randy lay, but
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