Chapter 21: Wooden Pews and a Lady in White
Stephanie rubbed her wet eyes. She knew her make up probably covered her face but she really didn't care. The silence of the room made her shiver and she pulled Dakota's covers over her legs. She scooted down to lay beside him propping her head up with one arm. His hand fell against hers, ice cold. She heaved and then slumped over, her head on his chest. Just to feel him breath. Even the breath that came out felt cold. Stephanie held his hand and laid it on his chest.
/Don't just lie here stupid,/ her mind screamed. /See if there's anything you can do./
She sat up and set her jaw. "You're right, I'm not just going to lay here." She leaned forward and kissed his forehead.
Light filled the room and she jerked back. The hospital disappeared and she saw a
church. Roses decorated the glossy wooden pews and men and women dressed in their finest turned to look at her. She looked down at her own dress, a wedding dress, then looked up. Dakota stood at the front of the church in a tux smiling. That beautiful bright smile. White teeth against his wonderful tan skin. But just as suddenly as the scene
had come it disappeared and she sat again in the hospital room sucking in all the air she could.
/What was that?/ She wondered. /I have to find someone, someone like David./
Stephanie stood and walked to the door, but light filled her vision again. Bip sat on the couch in a living room, then she saw the hospital.
"Bip? Ok I don't know why, but I have the sudden urge to see Bip, maybe he knows something I don't." She said to Dakota. "Where can I find him? Well you're no help. Who's living room was that? Apartment...Um, oh wait, he lives in the apartment across from David's house! Bye Dakota, I'm going to find some answers."