Chapter V: First SunBev kept a vigil over my lifeless body for hours. Her sister, Lucinda, picked up the kids and the medical team left the ICU where they had moved me after my stint in the ER. Though it wasn't hospital protocol to place a corpse in ICU, Bev convinced the staff to put me there temporarily and skip the trip to the morgue. It wasn't because she didn't want to let me go, it's just she had this weird feeling about my “current state.”
When Bev got to the room, they still had me draped from head to toe. Bev came to my side, lowered the sheet and exposed my face. She saw all the evidence anyone would need to determine my apparent lack of life, but something bugged her. She just stared at me hoping for any sign of life. She held my hand and begged me to wake up. Most of us have h
