Joel had been at her side ever since the accident, spending any spare time he had by her. The continuous sounding of the monitors was a reminder of how break easily life is. He hardly went home and slept a few hours in the chair near her bed, living on black coffee and anxiety.
It was a break of dawn in a night that had been so uncomfortable for Joel that he was barely sleeping that one night, that woke him up by the noise. He shut his eyes tightly for a moment and made a concentrate effort to focus; upon opening them he found the bed that belonged to Olivia to be vacant.
He felt a wave of panic rising from his belly as he went out of the room. “Nurse! Nurse!” he shouted with evident dread in his tone. Movie of worry crossed the face of a nurse who quickly came over to the table.
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