CHAPTER TWENTY SEVEN: AWAKENING
Sam had awoken once again in the hospital… the right hospital this time. She had been in the appropriate room, her right hand bandaged; Kathy had been right there at her bedside and the two of them had talked. "Why would someone do this," Kathy had asked, holding Sam's left hand. "Kill that man, try to hurt you?" "I think it's the same man from the church killing," Sam had replied and that was when the doctor had come in. He had conveyed a very positive outlook— Sam's extensor tendon had not been severed. The doctor expected Sam to regain full use of her hand but it would take time. Weeks, most likely. In the meantime Sam would be released, with the understanding that she would check back in one week. Sam had been in the process of gathering her things, getting ready to change so Kathy
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