Chapter Nine
Break down
As the flowers Dylan gave Vanessa died, the hope that Zac would wake up died too. Visits became less frequent and even more disappointing. Before anyone knew it a month had passed without any progress on Zac.
Vanessa was driving to the hospital after a photo shoot. She was having a good day so she decided she would go see Zac. She walked through the hallway doors as she started to walk to Zac's room. She waved to Patty and she stopped when she saw Mr. and Mrs. Efron talking to the doctor in Zac's room. She sat in a chair that was by the door. She tried not to ease drop but she couldn't help it.
"Zac isn't making any progress. His brain activity is dropping everyday and I'm not sure if he is going to be able to hold on any longer." The doctor explained
"What are you trying to say?" Asked Mr. Efron
"I'm giving you the option to take Zac off of life support. I'm not saying you have to, but now it's a reasonable option."
"So what exactly would happen? Would he die?" Asked Mrs. Efron
"He would slip away completely. I've never seen anyone wake up from something like this. I've heard of it, but never seen it." The doctor said honestly
"How would we go about doing this?" Mr. Efron asked "If we decided to, that is."
"Sign release papers. We would have a certain time to let him go so you can be with him."
"So you are sure there's a slim chance he'll wake up?" Asked Mrs. Efron
"Right now he's in a persistent coma. It would be a miracle. I'll leave you two to talk about It." He said before he left
Vanessa stood up quickly and rushed into the room.
"Vanessa, good to see you again." Said Mr. Efron
"What was all that about?" Asked Vanessa
"The doctor was just talking to us about the situation." Mrs. Efron answered
"You can't sign those papers to let him go." Vanessa pleaded she was scared and her heart was pounding.
"We're thinking about the different options, nothing's final." Mr. Efron said
"Please, you can't." Said Vanessa she didn't know what else to say.
"Vanessa, our son is dieing as we speak and I am not going to sit and watch it anymore." Said Mrs. Efron she was almost yelling.
"So you're just giving up? You're going to let him die? I love your son Mr. and Mrs. Efron and you're killing me by letting him go." Said Vanessa
"Vanessa, please." Said Mr. Efron
"I am not giving up on him." Said Vanessa as she madly walked out of the room.
She walked faster as she made her way to her car. Her head was throbbing and her heart felt like it was slowly breaking. She went into her house and immediately called Ashley who was talking to Monique, so they three way called.
"We need to have an emergency sleepover." Said Vanessa
"Why, what happened?" Asked Monique
"Just come over as fast as you can." Said Vanessa as tears started to fall
"See you in ten." Said Ashley as she hung up the phone. Monique hung up to.
The girls were over in ten minutes. They just threw some clothes in a duffel bag and went to Vanessa's. The second the door opened and they stepped inside, Vanessa started to cry hysterically. Ashley and Monique just stood in the family room as they hugged Vanessa.
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