Chapter 10

About five hours later Simone left someone rubbing her hand, she had fallen asleep while sitting next to Mark again. She looked over to Mark to find that he was the one that was rubbing her hand, he was awake and wanted someone to talk to.

"Hey handsome, how are you feeling?" Simone greeted Mark with a warm smile.

"A little better, I was trying really hard not to come back but the smell of your cooking was just too strong to keep me away. Now I'm glad I didn't stay away I hope you plan to bring me more food while I'm in here." Mark hoped Simone would continue to spoil him with her home cooking.

"Of course Mark, I'm so glad you came back to us we missed you so much. The doctor said you should be out of here in two weeks and after you are released Glen and I will take you to Tennessee so you can recover more if you still want to go that is?" Simone wasn't sure now if Mark still wanted to leave Florida or not now so she would let him decide if he wanted to leave or not.

"Yeah I still want to go I am not ready to go back to my house I know I will have a lot to clean up there I can't believe I let myself get the way I did I'm so embarrassed." Mark felt ashamed for the way he had acted the last four weeks and wanted nothing more than to crawl into a hole and die.

"Mark you have nothing to be ashamed about no one is judging you at all and you had every right to act the way you did. You went through a very serious emotional trauma and no one thinks any less of you at all we still love you just the same. And don't you worry about cleaning up anything I all ready took care of it, the house is completely spotless. With the exception of the dishes that need to be washed but I will take care of that tomorrow if Glen already done so." Simone smiled another warm sweet smile at Mark to let him know that everything was ok with the house.

"Wow thank you so much Simone, I owe you big time for this and I plan to repay you too darlin'" Mark was going to repay Simone for all her kindness to him and Glen.

"Oh Mark honey you don't owe me anything, all I want you to do is get better that is all I want from you. But please try to get some more rest the doctor will be here in a few hours to start a bunch of tests and I know how much you hate tests." Simone rubbed Mark's hand to help relax so he could get back to sleep before the doctors arrived to run their tests.

"Ok, and thank you Simone I really appreciate you being here for me and for Glen." Mark brought Simone's hand up to his lips and kissed the back of it to show his thanks and appreciation, which caused Simone to blush five shades of red.

"You're welcome Mark, now get some sleep honey before the doctors arrive." Simone kissed the back of Mark's hand as she watched him fall back into a deep peaceful sleep.

Once Mark was back in a deep sleep Simone got up from her chair and kissed Mark on his cheek and whispered I love you Mark William Calaway into his ear. A small slight smile appeared on his lips and she knew that deep in Mark's heart he was happy and filled with joy that someone still truly loved him.

About four hours later the doctors had arrived to check on Mark's condition and to their surprise he was fully awake and ready to be poked and prodded. They couldn't believe that he was back to reality they thought it would be weeks before he should any signs of coming around. But Mark had amazed them all and gladly proved them wrong once again, and he owed it all to Simone. If it hadn't been for her love and kindness he would have never come back and most likely would have died from a broken heart.

Three hours later all the poking and prodding was done, Glen had arrived an hour earlier he was happy to see his friend awake and talking again. Simone decided that she would give Glen and Mark some time alone so they could talk and went back to Mark's house to shower and get some more rest.

With the doctors and Simone gone Glen and Mark were free to talk honestly with each other.

"Glen I'm sorry I put you through all of this bro, I didn't think I would let myself go like that for so long. I was just so depressed and hurt by what Michelle did I really thought she was the one but I was wrong again." Mark began to cry when he thought about how much Michelle had hurt him.

"Bro I'm so sorry that Michelle hurt you like that but I promise you she will pay for what she did to you I will see to it personally myself." Glen vowed to get revenge for his best friend and brother.

"I don't care what you do to her just don't kill her, I'm sure later on down the road I will want to know but right I don't really want to." Mark was just to hurt to care about what was going to happen.

"Ok bro, remember that you have Me and Simone that still love you. You didn't forget about us did you?" Glen hoped to show Mark the silver lining in the clouds.

"No I didn't forget about you guys, I am a little weary when Simone tells me she loves me. I know she means it I just don't know if I can believe it." Mark was being cautious and starting to put up walls around his heart.

"Mark I have known Simone for a while now and you know I am a good judge of character, Simone is the real deal here bro. I know she is being truthful and exposing herself to you and me, and if you can't realize that then quite frankly you don't desire to have her. She is a good woman and has done a lot for you already Mark I just hope you realize it before it is too late." Glen was making his intentions known clear to Mark about Simone.

"I know she is a good woman Glen I just don't if I am ready to be with anybody yet, I mean I like Simone I'm just don't know if I am ready to pursue anything more than just liking her." Mark was unsure if he could handle a relationship at the moment.

"Well if you don't than I will bro but I might be willing to share with you if you are really interested in her and I mean really interested in her. Besides I think she likes both of us and is afraid to choose which one she really wants because she is afraid she might hurt the other one. And when was the last we were both into a woman at the same time, remember all the fun we had and how happy we were. I think that now we are older and have a bit more experience I think this could really work out this time, what you say? You willing to give it a try?" Glen smiled a mischievous smile in the hopes that his brother would agree to his plan.

"On two conditions and these must be followed at all times, One Simone must be willing to the idea and has strong feelings for both of us. Two there must be a system that all of us can agree on, if there is no system that we all can agree on then the deal is off." Mark liked the idea of sharing a woman with his best friend and brother, he just hoped this time around things would be better for them all.