Chapter 25
Evan
The papers were signed and I was ready to go home. My parents had called to say they were still waiting on a flight, but I told them not to cut their vacation short. I was fine, and the last thing I wanted was for them to come all the way across the country for nothing. They were going to be back in two weeks anyway so it didn’t matter.
However, I couldn’t go home yet. There was no way I could leave without making sure Derek was okay. He had woken up a few times, but would pass out shortly after. I was hoping to catch him in one of those moments so he’d know I was there.
“You don’t have to sit with me,” I said to Summer. It was going on seven hours since I’d been released from the hospital. She hadn’t left my side, even though I knew she was exhausted.
“I told you I wo
