When I awoke, it was already early spring. The nurse told me I had been asleep for three months. She said it was a miracle I woke up, as I was likely to remain a vegetative state. I looked at her blankly. "Was my surgery for the tumor in the back of my brain successful?" She nodded with a smile. "It was a success. You'll definitely live a long life." After the doctor left, I remained in a daze. It wasn't until a warm, large hand gently touched my forehead. I turned my head; was this man with a stubbly face Johnson? "Emma , you're finally awake." His eyes were red, and he had become so thin he was skin and bones. I heard from the housekeeper that during my post-surgery coma, Johnson had stayed by my side and also knelt in the church for three days and nights without food, all to

