Wingless Book Series (book 1) (38 page)

“
Hannah,
just tell me. Tell me all you know,” I said with a
harsh
tone.

“
Gray was released about
two weeks ago,” she started.

“
Wait, what?” I
asked.

Two weeks was a long time.
How much time
had passed? I thought,
starting to feel crazy.

“
Eve,
it’s been almost six weeks since you were in a coma,”
she
said quietly.

I couldn’t believe all the
time that had passed; I was nothing more
than blown away. How could all this have happened? What
had
happened? I didn’t remember a thing
besides being on the plane.

“
What
happened to Gray and Dad!” I yelled, trying to sit up
and
making it halfway before I felt
pain in my back and gave up.

“
Gray
had some broken bones, nothing serious. His arm,
dislocated
shoulder, um, some
fractures in his face, and sprained leg. Dad, well, Eve, I
don’t want to upset you. You just woke up,” she
said touching me.

I
swatted her away. Something was not right.
“Just tell me Hannah, right now!” I
screamed.

“
He’s
down the hall. They’re all telling us he’s brain dead.
They
don’t think there is any
chance,” she trailed off, crying all over again.

“
So they’re alive,” I
said.

“
Eve, if someone is brain
dead, they’re basically-“

“
No,
they’re alive. They’re here. I don’t care what they say. We are
alive,
that counts,” I said,
sitting up through the pain.

I looked down at my
legs.
One was in a cast. Apparently, when
you survive your death, you get all
kinds
of souvenirs.

“
Eve, I
really don’t think so. I talked to a lot of his doctors; they
all
say the same thing. I think
it’s best if we let him go,” she said, sniffling.

“
No, you don’t understand
what this means,” I said, ignoring her.

“
Yes, I do!” she
yelled.

“
No, you
don’t at all. You’re not giving up on him. He is here, he
is
alive! That means more than you
will ever know!” I yelled back at her.

She shook her head,
walking out of the room. Hannah was never
one to push any kind of issue, and I could see that she was
like I always
knew; she was willing to
give up without a fight.

I knew better, because
I
knew that it was all or nothing and we
were all alive. He still had a
chance.