Marcus Drake entered his house and started taking off his tie and suit jacket. He was tired, but it was a good kind of tired. He had done rounds at the hospital before taking the evening off to attend the double wedding of Mallie with Daniel and Dana Wilson with Bob Jenkins. It had been good to see everyone so happy after the ordeal they had gone through just four months before.
Mallie and Daniel, his former patients, had been in comas. Then they suddenly woke up, declaring that they met while comatose and fell in love. Everyone was astonished. The hospital had run a lot of tests on them, trying to find answers. The nurses were convinced it was the magic of love. Marcus shrugged. He had no better answer. Maybe they were right.
Since their release from the hospital, Mallie’s mother, Dana
