Chapter 39When Abi opened her eyes, she looked around without moving. She was in the hospital again, in a private room and not the ICU. The IVs and other lines connected to her on one side and the monitors on the other meant only one thing. Outside the window, muted facility lights softened the night. She remembered the pain in her chest that was no longer there. She wondered what time it was.
Joe was unshaven and asleep in a nearby chair and looked uncomfortable with his feet propped up on a smaller hardwood chair with a towel cushioning his heels. How much he had endured for her and Megan. Anyone else would have found reason to exit her pathetic life, but Joe loved her. She began to cry.
Joe jumped up and came immediately to her side, as did a nurse. “Abi, you made it!” Relief rang on
