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Chapter 9
Ben awoke the next morning. He got out of the chair to stretch out his joints. Riley was still out like a light. Ben went out of the room to find a phone to call Abigail. He found one out in the lobby. After a few rings, Abigail picked up.
"Hello?" she asked.
"Hey Abigail it's me," said Ben.
"Hi sweetheart. How's Riley?" she asked.
"Still the same," said Ben.
"He'll make it Ben. I know he will," said Abigail.
"I hope your right," said Ben, "how are the wedding plans?"
"They're good. Still have a few things to do though," said Abigail.
"Well I'm going to get back to Riley," said Ben.
"Okay. I love you honey," said Abigail.
"I love you too," said Ben.
Ben hung up and went back to Riley's room. When he got there, Dr. Howard was examining Riley.
"Hello again Mr. Gates," he said.
"Hello. How is he?" Ben asked.
"Well he is making improvement, but he is not out of the woods yet," said Dr. Howard.
"Does it mean he'll start waking up?" asked Ben.
"It might," said the doctor, "the only thing we can do now is pray and hope."
Just then, the machine that was watching Riley's heart, went flat line. The doctor set his clip board down as more doctors and nurses came rushing in with a crash cart. Ben made a move for Riley, but a nurse pushed him towards the door.
"Please sir you need to go out in the hall," she said.
Ben stood outside the door watching the doctors trying to bring Riley back. Ben now had tears streaming down his face. After a while, Dr. Howard came out.
"He had a heart failure but we were able to save him," he said.
Ben sighed in relief.
"Is he going to be okay?" asked Ben.
"Yes, fortunately," said Dr. Howard.
Ben shook the doctor's hand and the doctor left. Ben went back in to be with Riley.
"Don't scare me like that again Riley," said Ben.
Ben didn't dare leave Riley's side for the rest of the day.
