Chapter 70

Each blip on the monitor is a reminder that she is still here, still fighting. It’s been a whirlwind since we arrived. Flurries of medical personnel bustle in and out checking vitals, changing liquids, offering water for Faith, dad, and me. She had a stroke, that’s what the doctor said. He said extreme stress brought it on. 

I rode here with her in the ambulance. I just knew she would wake up if I left her alone for even a minute, and I couldn’t miss that. Yet she still hasn’t opened her eyes or even squeezed my hand. I know she will recover. It doesn’t take a medical genius to know that she is just too amazing to leave me. She would never do that to me. 

Faith walks up behind me and snakes her hands over my shoulder, hugging my back and giving me a kiss on the cheek.

“Hey, how are you doing?” she whispers.

The heat of her breath tickles my ears as I turn slightly to see her face. She looks exhausted and stunning. How