(Sabrina's POV)
Jake's face crumbles. "Why isn't he answering?"
"He's sleeping, baby. But he can hear you."
"How do you know?"
I don't. I'm lying. But he doesn't need to know that.
"Because people in comas can hear their families. It helps them wake up faster."
Kate looks at me across the bed. Something in her expression says she doesn't like me making things up. But she doesn't contradict me.
Jake climbs carefully onto the bed. Lies down beside Ethan, resting his head on his shoulder.
"Dad, do you know? Granny told mom and me about when you were little. You must have been sad when you lost your mom. I'm going to be sad too. Very sad. If I lose my new dad. You know how hard it was to convince mom to accept you. So you have to wake up. Otherwise, I'll become a kid without a dad agai
