Paul sat by his wifes bedside for what seemed like hours, holding her hand and waiting for her to open her eyes.
If he was honest with himself, he didn't really wanna be here, but he felt like after everything he had put Emily through, it was his fault she was in here and the least he could do to make it up to her, was make sure she woke up, if not for his sake then for her mothers and her sons sake.
So he continued holding her hand, with Susan shooting him deadly looks for even daring to stay by her daughters side.
Emily walked around aimlessly, trying to find out where she was.
All she saw was smoke and it was beginning to scare her. "Mom? Daniel? Anybody? Is anybody here?!" She yelled, but got no response.
Suddenly a thought hit her. "Am I dead?" She wondered out loud.
Maybe if she would focus really hard, she could make someone hear her voice.
So she closed her eyes and focused on her husbands face. If anyone would come rescue her it would be him.
Suddenly she heard him, or at least it sounded like him. She quickly opened her eyes, but all she saw was smoke and more smoke.
She closed her eyes again and refocused on his face. There it was again. "Emily, Emily honey I need you to open your eyes for me"
This time when she opened her eyes, she was lying in a hospital bed and there were people there with her.
It took everything she had in her to say his name, but she finally heard her own voice. "Hal?"
Apparently she was the only one who heard it, because nobody responded to her or even noticed she was awake.
So she focused again and this time her voice was louder. "Where's my husband?" She asked and immediately her mother came running up to her, followed by... Paul?! What was Paul doing here?
"Mom? Mom, where's my husband, I wanna see my husband"
"I'm right here Em" Paul said, coming to sit beside her and taking her hand.
"Mom? What's going on, where's Hal?" She was starting to panick, what kind of weird joke were they playing with her?
"He's right outside sweetie, do you want me to go get him?" Susan was a little confused by her daughters actions, but she was more then happy to see her calling out for Hal.
"Yes, I just told you I wanted to see my husband"
Susan looked confused. "Em, you're not making a lot of sense sweetie. Do you want me to get Hal or do you want to stay here with your husband?"
"I want my husband, I want Hal, just get me my husband!" Emily now screamed, tears falling from her eyes.
Susan quickly left the room to go get Hal.
"Susan, Susan what's wrong, what happened?"
"Hal, thank God you're still here. Emily woke up and she's asking for you, she says she wants to see her husband"
"Isn't Paul still in there with her?" Hal asked through clenched teeth.
"I know, I told her that, he was right by her side when she opened up her eyes, but she's insisting she wants to see her husband... you"
Hal's eyes widened for a second, but he quickly recovered and followed Susan into Emily's room.
"Hal?" Emily immediately called for him and reach out her hand to be able to touch him.
"I'm right here" He reassured her. "I'm not going anywhere, you just take it easy"
"Hal, what's going on? My mom keeps saying the weirdest things. I asked her for my husband, I called for you and she kept insisting my husband was already here, what's going on?"
Hal quickly looked at Susan, who shrugged and then left the room to go get dr. Lench.
"Em, do you remember anything about why you're in here?" Hal gently asked, sitting down next to her with his hand still holding hers.
"No, no I don't. All I remember is... we were fighting. You and I were fighting about... Oh God, you didn't believe me when I told you that Barbara had drugged me into doing those thing to Rosanna, you didn't believe me"
Tears escaped her eyes and Hal looked a little panicked.
"You don't remember anything from after that?" He asked, still holding her hand.
"No, all I remember is you not believing me. Tell me that didn't happen Hal, please tell me you believe me, please"
A sob escaped her and she looked at him with fear in her eyes.
"Ofcourse I believe you honey, ofcourse I believe you. I know you would never intentionally do anything to hurt anyone" Hal said, a little comprehensive. He knew she had done exactly that in the last few months, but with the state she was in now, it appeared wise not to share any of that with her right away.
At that moment Susan came back, followed by dr. Lench, who was happily surprised to see his patient awake and talking.
"Emily, my name is dr. Lench, I was the one that treated you when you were brought in. Can you tell me if you remember anything from your accident?" He asked, while checking her vital signs.
"No, I already told my husband, I don't remember what happened. What's going on?" She asked when she saw dr. Lench exchange glances with Paul.
"And why are you still here Paul, what are you doing here in the first place?"
He was about to explain, when Emily turned to her mother. "Can you get him out of here mom, I wanna be alone with my husband"
At that, the doctors head shot up and a confused look appeared on his face. He looked at Hal for an explanation, who softly shook his head and motioned he'd explain later.
After dr. Lench had checked Emily out, he told her he'd be back to check up on her later and she was left alone with Hal.
"Hal, what's wrong?" Emily asked when she saw the sad look in his eyes.
Hal took her hand and then took a deep breath. "There's something I have to tell you Em"
To Be Continued...
