Chapter 5
"Mr. Corinthos?"
Sonny's eyes popped open and saw the nurse in front of him; he hadn't been sleeping as they probably assumed he'd been. No he'd been sitting there thinking of the million and a half different ways he could have kept her safe and struggling to accept the knowledge that he'd done none of them. He just starred at the nurse in front of him, he was still too afraid to ask the dreaded question.
"Miss Barrett is in Intensive Care. You aren't family, but we're allowing you to go in. She's asleep, but I don't want you in there for longer than five minutes."
He continued to stare at her and wondered if he should fight with her, but then suddenly he realized, fighting has gotten him no where important in this life. "Do you believe that people are connected?"
She now simply looked at him blankly
"That you can know when something's wrong without ever being told. You can feel the complete absurdity of a world that would try to take the one thing that had meaning and importance and was your very reason living out of this world? That one other person can keep you alive?"
"Brenda needs to feel me next to her; she needs to see my face when she opens her eyes. Even she doesn't open her eyes; she needs to know I'm next to her. She needs to hear my voice, she needs to be reminded that there's a reason to fight."
The tears choked Sonny up too much to speak for a second, but he continued on very softly, "I have been in love with that woman since she was a child; I was in love with her before I even met her. The world suddenly made sense when she entered mine because I realized something.we were supposed to be living life together. The world only makes sense because she's in it and I have to be with her now. She's been with me more times than I can count when everything's on the line, she kept me in this world. Please don't make me abandon her again; I might not get another chance to make up the hurt I've caused her."
The nurse nodded and wiped away her tears as she motioned for Sonny to follow her.
"Mr. Corinthos?"
Sonny's eyes popped open and saw the nurse in front of him; he hadn't been sleeping as they probably assumed he'd been. No he'd been sitting there thinking of the million and a half different ways he could have kept her safe and struggling to accept the knowledge that he'd done none of them. He just starred at the nurse in front of him, he was still too afraid to ask the dreaded question.
"Miss Barrett is in Intensive Care. You aren't family, but we're allowing you to go in. She's asleep, but I don't want you in there for longer than five minutes."
He continued to stare at her and wondered if he should fight with her, but then suddenly he realized, fighting has gotten him no where important in this life. "Do you believe that people are connected?"
She now simply looked at him blankly
"That you can know when something's wrong without ever being told. You can feel the complete absurdity of a world that would try to take the one thing that had meaning and importance and was your very reason living out of this world? That one other person can keep you alive?"
"Brenda needs to feel me next to her; she needs to see my face when she opens her eyes. Even she doesn't open her eyes; she needs to know I'm next to her. She needs to hear my voice, she needs to be reminded that there's a reason to fight."
The tears choked Sonny up too much to speak for a second, but he continued on very softly, "I have been in love with that woman since she was a child; I was in love with her before I even met her. The world suddenly made sense when she entered mine because I realized something.we were supposed to be living life together. The world only makes sense because she's in it and I have to be with her now. She's been with me more times than I can count when everything's on the line, she kept me in this world. Please don't make me abandon her again; I might not get another chance to make up the hurt I've caused her."
The nurse nodded and wiped away her tears as she motioned for Sonny to follow her.
