Opening his eyes, Toby looked up at the fluorescent lights of the room he was in. “Sweet Pea?” he whispered, looking around him as he spotted his wife in a chair, her head resting on the side of the hospital bed he was in and his mother coming to his other side. “She’s exhausted. She won’t leave your side” Vanessa whispered as he tried to move. “What happened?” he asked, looking at the surrounding machines he was plugged in to. “You were in a car accident”, Vanessa started to tell him as the memories began to flow through his mind. He was speeding down the road and hit an oil slick. The car started to spin, and he tried to regain control, but the car rolled a few times before stopping, and he was pinned under the steering wheel. “How bad am…” Toby tried to ask, trailing off, moving his

