Visiting Laura
Chapter 51
The nurse finished telling the group about the rules for visitation. She looked at the group and asked, "Who's going in first?"
Jean gasped, for all of her planning she hadn't planned that. Richard stepped forward with a coin. He looked at Robbie and Jack, "Call it boys."
Robbie said, "Heads."
Richard flipped the coin, "Tails, Jack you go first."
Jack saw the look on Robbie's face, "No, it's OK. Detective Lewis can go first."
Robbie looked at Jack not sure if he should accept. Then he noticed the look on Richard's face and nodded.
The nurse motioned for him to follow her. She took him to the room and let him go in. "Can I touch her?"
She nodded, "You can hold her hand but don't try to move her around and hug her or anything. She's pretty banged up."
"Thank you."
The nurse left the room and Robbie moved to the side of her bed. Tears streamed down his face as he looked at her. She was bruised on the right side of her face. She had cuts on the side of her face.
He traced his hand over the left side of her face and lightly kissed her cheek. He took her left hand lightly. "Laura, I don't know if you can hear me but, I'm here and I'm not going anywhere."
More tears streamed down his face. "I feel like this is all my fault. If you hadn't been coming to meet me you wouldn't have been in this accident. Jean tried to tell me it was nobody's fault. It was just one of those freak things. I have to believe that or otherwise I would walk out of here and never come back. But, I can't do that, I can't leave you until I know what you would have said to me."
He kissed her hand while he collected himself. "Scratch that last part, I can't leave you. No matter who you choose, I'm going to be here, loving you. It may not be as a lover, but I will always be here for you. You are my home Laura, you have to come back to me."
Robbie heard a knock at the door. Jack was standing there. He dried his tears, leaned over to kiss her on the cheek again. He whispered into her ear, "I love you bonnie lass and I always will. Come back to me." Just before he released her hand, he was certain he felt a light squeeze.
