"How much longer do we have to wait?" Chris asked as he sat in a chair next to Kyra's bed. "It's been a week," he added. "I already told you" Mia said as she checked on Kyra. "It's up to her," she said as she looked down at him. "There has to be another way to wake her," Ryan said as he entered the room. "There isn't," Mia said. "Can she hear us?" Ryan asked. "I don't see why she wouldn't," Mia replied before leaving the room. Silence filled the room as Ryan and Chris just stared at the unconscious Kyra. "You know I watched her grow up," Chris said. "I was there for her first words and her first steps... all of her firsts" he added. "I was her father in every aspect but one and yet here I am by her side while her own blood isn't" Chris continued. "Is that why you chose her as your succ

