Hours later in the hospital Denton, Mush, Racetrack, Jack and Kid Blink, were all playing the waiting game in the bare, cold waiting area at the hospital. Anxious to hear any news Denton ran a channel in the wooden floors.
"Thank you guys for being here." Denton said has he continued to pace the floor.
"No problem. Dese past two days she's been like a sisteh ta me." Jack stated. Just then the doctor came out with a worried look on his face, but then again they almost look worried.
"Mr. Denton?"
"Yes Dr. Dolenz?" A man with whiting hair and a wrinkled face approached him with a handshake. "I have some good news. The bleeding has stopped, but we will need to keep her for a few nights for observation." Denton took a deep breath in, almost like he had been holding it all the whole time.
"This great. Thank you doctor. Thank you so much." Denton smiled and continued to shake the doctor's hand. Finally he looked at them and stopped. Mush approached them.
"Can I'se see her?" Mush asked.
"I'm sorry son, you'll have to wait until tomorrow. She's resting right now." Mush nodded, he was too happy to really talk, though he felt like yelling out loud to the world. That night Mush slept at the hospital. He woke the next morning with a sore neck. He looked at Denton who had stayed as well and who was already awake.
"Mush why don't you go on and sell some papers. I promise I'll come and get you when she wakes up." Mush declined and waited, but finally after a few hours of debating and waiting Mush headed out the distribution center in hope to find a few papers to buy. When he got there the Delancey family was together. Though it almost seemed instinct to insult and antagonize Oscar, Mush wasn't able to this day. He was too happy and too conflicted about the death of Morris to do anything, but give his condolences.
That afternoon Mush returned to the hospital. Denton was with Layana, but she was not yet awake. Denton allowed Mush to sit with her for a while. He talked to her.
"I'se don't know that you'se can hear me but, I'se wanted you'se ta know I'se am sorry. 'se didn't know that you'se saw me with Topaz, but it wasn't like that. I'se also wanted to say how great you'se looked the other night. I'se love you'se." His voice dropped off after that and it was more like a prayer he was saying.
"What are you talking about?" Layana voice squeaked out. Mush looked at her. His face lit into a smile.
"You'se don't remember anything?"
"Not all of it. What did you say few seconds ago?"
"Bout whad?"
"You said that you'se love me? I mean love." She shallowly laughed.
"No. You'se god it right da foist time." He leaned over and gave her a light kiss. Layana smiled. Smiling was all Mush did for the rest of the day as he sat with her waited. He forgot about his friends and everything else for a while as he sat down next to his answered prayer.