"Was there anyone else in the house?" the nurse asked as she shifted her clip-board uncomfortably against her chest.
"Yes. It appears that both the Blalock and Arkensaw families were caught up in the fire," the doctor replied. "They said they had been eating a family dinner and a candle must have fell and caught fire. Or maybe the oven was still lit and created some sort of explosion. The cause is still unknown." He shoved his hands into his pockets and stared blankly down at the ground. The motion was unprofessional but the whole idea caused his hairs on his arms to stand on end. Chills crept up his spine like a slow and painful ice age began to form on the underlying of his backside forcing him to quiver. "Although, one member seemed to have been missing."
The nurse looked straight into the doctor's eyes. Her full attention clicked on and prepared for the worst.
"Jeffery Blalock. The police reported that his body was likely to be the most affected by the fire and that no one can even detect where he even was at the time."
"And yet," the nurse leaned against the door frame and looked into the dim room. "This girl was the only one who was lucky enough to survive through that dreadful disaster." She could see the girl's frail body lying emotionless on her bed. "Or perhaps not so lucky…" That beautiful, young woman now seemed unrecognizable. Even the flowers that surrounded her bed seemed to have mocked at how much she had lost: her family as well as her beautiful visage.
The doctor sighed and finally lifted his eyes from the floor and followed the nurse's gaze. "She may have survived something traumatizing; however, I believe she was luckier than what Jeffery must had to endure."
"Yeah… that poor boy… at least he's somewhere, (a little cliché and corny but), where he can continue to smile. And yet, here this girl is all alone now," the nurse sighed. "I hope she learns to smile again after what she's been through."
Before they left the solemn room and continued on with their work, the nurse took one more glance at Jane. Jeffery, please help keep her smiling when she finally wakes up, she mutely added.