It had been eight days since the accident, Diana spent every waking moment at the hospital with Jed. Rodney and Becky cared for Danny, and Neil chauffeured her to and from the hospital. Brad returned home two days after surgery, when Jed woke up. The first day after regaining consciousness, he had slid out of bed and walked to the bathroom.
Diana lounged in a vinyl chair in Jed’s hospital room in the new sweat suit Becky had bought for her. The way Jed had watched her when she walked in that morning with Neil, and listened quietly as Neil joked and teased, she knew something wasn’t right. “What’s wrong, Jed?”
He lay in bed in the t-shirt and sweatpants she’d brought in yesterday. “That another new outfit? I noticed you have a lot of new clothes. Who bought them?”
“Ah, your mom did. I di
