KING'S BAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
Sarah watches through the window
as the nurse gets Brent settled again. He offers the middle-aged woman
a grateful smile and she heads out of the room. Sarah makes an immediate
move for the door, but she herself being held back.
"Don't," Jason says.
Sarah turns sharply to her younger
brother. "Why not?"
"You're just gonna make this ten
times worse. Brent doesn't want to speak to you right now, I can tell that
much. Do you notice how he's completely avoiding looking in this direction?"
"That means we need to talk about
this."
"No." Jason feels her trying to pull
away from his grasp and pulls back. "Not right now, Sarah. Let this whole
thing cool down a little first. You're not gonna do anything but dig a
deeper hole right now."
"Jason, he's finally awake. I need
to see him."
Jason doesn't say anything -- he
doesn't have to. He simply stares Sarah down.
He can see her give in, after what
feels like practically an eternity. "Fine," she grumbles, jerking away
from him. "I'll go, for now. But promise me something."
"What?"
"Don't let Molly come here tonight."
Jason's jaw drops. "No. I'm not gonna
play our game--"
"This isn't a game, Jay. Like you
said, everyone needs to cool down. If Molly gets to talk to Brent tonight,
that's not going to happen."
The validity of the statement surprises
Jason. He finds himself nodding. "All right. You get out of here. I'm going
to go in and talk to Brent -- just so he knows what's going on, kind of,
so he doesn't think we're all totally abandoning him. I'll make sure that
Molly doesn't come by tonight."
"Good. Thanks." Sarah casts one final
look in on Brent and turns, heading for the elevator.
As Jason makes his way into the room,
he can't help but be amazed by how ugly -- and how complex -- this whole
thing has become.
Down the hall, Sarah steps into the
elevator, which is thankfully empty. Something inside of her is aching
to get back out and rush to Brent's side, but she knows that what Jason
said is true: That will only make things worse right now.
Tomorrow, she thinks hopefully.
Tomorrow
is the day that Brent and I get back on track.
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