Will she ever accept me and Sammer as a package deal? My gut was tied into a thousand knots. The kind that it took days to settle. I could feel the hesitation on her action, see the confusion and worry in those eyes, but above all, there was a hope in that embrace. I could feel the pulsating of her vein, the quickening of her heartbeat— only for me. I left her though my heart told me not to. At least her heart didn’t lie—and that was what I was holding onto. I had plans for tomorrow, so I slept like dead the moment I rested my head down against my pillow. The constant ringing of my phone woke me up from a deep slumber— it was a call from the hospital, telling me that Sunshine had wakened up. “Hey, how do you feel?” I smiled down at Sunshine still on her bed. She looked better—a

