By the third week, something had changed. I no longer avoided the hospital room when Marcus was there. We’d sit together, each keeping silent watch over my son.
Sometimes, I’d find Marcus whispering, “Come on, buddy. You’ve got a whole world waiting for you. Don’t give up now.”
“Jake loves motorcycles,” Sarah said, crying. “If he can hear anything, maybe he’ll hear that.”
That night, the nurse said Jake’s heart rate spiked briefly.
The Longest Wait
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