Day 177
3:00 p.m.
Parker
My eyes flutter open and I glance around the room I’m in and I hear the steady sound of beeping.
I notice my throat is desperately dry, but I’m having trouble moving because I feel so weak. I see Ashton sitting beside me with his hand covering mine and his head laid down on the bed. I try to move my hand to wake him up, but it only lightly twitches. I force myself to try harder so that I can get his attention and the heart monitor starts to beep a little quicker because of the effort I’m putting in it’s making my heart rate go up. Ashton stirs and opens his eyes wide looking at the monitor and then he looks at me and his eyes lock onto mine.
Panic, worry, exhaustion, and love all flash through his eyes. He says softly, “Parker.”
He stands up and rushes out th
