“Oh my gosh! Mom! Mom! He is moving! He’s looking right at me!”
“Was I? The only thing I could see further in front of me was a blur, my vision was still fucked up as I only managed to make sense of my close surroundings… But that voice, so familiar and… comforting… Debby?”
“Steps… I heard a lot of steps coming towards me, at least three… no four different kind of steps, hasty, fast…”
“Before I knew it there was another bright light shining into my eyes, I was sure that I wasn’t looking up to the ceiling. I tried to close them but something prevented me from doing so.”
“Mr. Wilson, if you hear me clearly then follow my instructions. Follow the light that you are seeing with your eyes… Yes… Good… Excellent. Now, I want you to nod yes or no to the following questions: Is your name Jake? Yes. Do you have two sisters? Yes. Are you twenty years old? Yes. Do you remember what happened five days ago? … No.”
“I felt my eyelids trying close themselves again, I was tired, this little bit of interaction tired me. My torso fell back down again onto the soft matrass under me. I could only hear now, listening to the male voice that just spoke to me talking to someone or something else.”
“I will leave it in your hands to inform him of his condition Mrs. Wilson. I know it’s going to be hard but I’d rather have someone close to him to tell it.”
“I had no idea what he said, I tried to decipher it but without success. Then there was silence for a little while… And then a touch… multiple touches. Comforting touches that calmed me, I think it was my hands that were being caressed softly. And then my face, another soft touch, stroking me slowly. I drifted away after that, only to be awoken again a couple of hours later.”
“Again, those same bright lights that struck into my eyes as I opened them, but this time my vision came back to me quicker than before, sharper than before. I scanned from left to right and I could see them around me, guarding their brother, her son like three personal angels. I could still feel their warm, comforting touches onto my hands. They were chatting with each other like I had seen them do so many times at breakfast. To the left of me Casey and Deb, to the right Mom.”
“I locked my eyes onto Casey, God, she had changed so much but what a beauty she had become. I opened my mouth to call her out, again, soft moans accompanied with pain came out. But then after trying for a little bit they started to take form.”
“Ca… Se… Y. I managed to produce. I then could see her head move, her eyes locking onto mine, her facial expression changing at the speed of light, tears in her eyes together with a bright smile.”
“Jake!” “Was all she yelled before she was up close to my face, Debby and Mom followed shortly, their eyes also filled with tears, but just like Casey accompanied with a big smile.”
“Big Bro!” Said my younger sister overly excited, “Oh, sweetheart… Finally!” Whispered my mother with her soothing motherly voice.”
“H…Hi… I managed to produce, I then tried to get up just like before, my torso and arms now worked a lot better. My sisters and mother helped me up slowly by supporting me, their soft hands guiding me up until I was seated on the sturdy bed.”