Here's the update I promised you all. It's another short one, but It will finally answer some questions that you all have been asking me.

I hope to update again in the next couple days, but no guarantees. I am leaving out of town this week to head up north to visit the boyfriend (long distance relationships SUCK I may add...lol). I'll try to update before leaving town though...

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Edgar walked into Joelle's room and leaned against the doorframe, watching Crosby sit and stare at his niece, what he had been doing since he had arrived at the hospital. He had barely moved from where he was sitting since he had arrived two days prior, and he barely slept, afraid that he wouldn't be around for when Joelle started to come around, but there was no sign in sight that she was coming around from her coma.

"Cros, why don't you go down to the cafeteria and grab a bite to eat. You haven't eaten since before you got here." Edgar urged, trying to get Crosby to do something other than sulk in Joelle's room.

"I'm not hungry." He responded.

"I'm sure you're not, but you need to eat. You need to get out of this room. Believe me, you'll go crazy just sitting here all day."

"What if she wakes up, and I'm not here."

"If there are signs that she wakes up, you will be the first one I call."

Crosby was quiet, staring at Joelle, then sighed.

"Alright." He said, standing up. He bent down and kissed Joelle's forehead before leaving the room. Edgar took over his seat and took Joelle's hand in his.

"How's our girl doing?" Sig asked, walking into the room.

"No change." Edgar said softly, rubbing the back of Joelle's hand with his thumb. He couldn't help but notice that her hand was warm to the touch, which wasn't true before.

"I'm sure there will be improvement by tomorrow." Sig said, sounding confident.

"You're always sure that everything will go as planned." Edgar said, shaking his head.

"What does that mean?" Sig asked, giving his brother a look.

"Not a damn thing."

"No, you meant something by that. Are you giving up on her?" Sig asked.

"Not a chance in hell. Those doctors better stay away from her if they have any intention of pulling the plug. I will tackle them myself."

"Then what crawled up your ass lately? You've been a real dick for awhile now."

"Nothing."

"No, you brought this shit up. Just spit it out."

Edgar sighed, shaking his head.

"Just all of this with Joelle made me realize how short life really is." He confessed.

Sig looked at his brother confused.

"I want to spend time with my family. I'm tired of leaving them all of the time. This could have easily happened to me, and I couldn't imagine leaving my family to deal with this situation. Just the thought of it kills me inside."

"And all of this came about with what happened to Joelle here."

"No, I've been thinking about this for awhile. Being on the boat just isn't what I want to do anymore."

"You would let down our father like that?"

"Sig, don't pull that bullshit on me. You know dad would have wanted me to be happy, even if that meant taking a couple years off from the boat. It may not be permanent, but I can't guarantee that I'll ever come back either.."

Sig just shook his head.

"You don't know what you want. This whole situation is clouding your judgment on everything."

"Yeah, you can believe that if you want, Sig."

Sig sighed.

The two brothers sat in silence, listening to the beeping of the machines that were keeping their niece alive.

"Her hand is warm." Edgar commented.

"There's improvement."

"Either that, or all of the warming units on her are doing what they are supposed to do."

"Let me believe that she is getting better. I need some good news right now." Sig retorted, getting angry.

They were silent again, the two brothers too angry at each other to want to talk. Norman walked into the room at that point, taking the seat directly across from Edgar.

"Now that both of you are here, I do need to talk to you." Sig said, sighing.

"What?" Norman asked, unaware of the conversation that had just gone on between Edgar and Sig.

"I hired a friend to take the boat back out, but one of us needs to go up to make sure that everything is a go before it heads out."

"One of the guys on the boat can't do that?" Edgar asked, dumbfounded that Sig even wanted one of them to leave at that time.

"I don't trust anyone, and you know that. I would prefer if it was you. Matt did say that something sounded off with the engine."

"You have got to be kidding me. After all the work I put into that thing before we went out?"

"The other engine. I'd hire someone, but you know how I feel about that."

Edgar just laughed as he shook his head, staring at his niece.

"If there is any change, you know I'd call you to bring you back here immediately."

"No, Sig. I'm not going."

Sig sighed.

"I'll let you think about it for awhile. My friend Sam that I hired can't get up there for a couple days anyway. There isn't a huge rush right now."

"You can have me think about it for a day, or a year, I'm not going to leave Joelle right now."

"At least call them to see if it is an easy fix they can deal with or not. That's all I ask right now."

Edgar kissed the back of Joelle's hand, then stood up.

"I really hate you for this right now."

Sig didn't answer.

Edgar left the room to head outside to have a cigarette. As soon as he lit it, he made a face. He needed to change the way he lived his life, because the way he was living at that moment, he knew he wasn't going to be around for a long time for his kids, and he didn't want that.

"Hey, how's she doing?" June asked as she walked up to the hospital. She had just come from the hotel after getting a shower and nap in. Nobody was sleeping much at that point, but everyone tried to get some time away from the hospital.

"No change." He answered, taking a long drag of his cigarette.

"We will need to start talking to the doctors about getting her transferred to Seattle. She can't stay here forever. I need to get back to the kids."

Edgar nodded in agreement.

"Maybe we can have a meeting with her doctor today. See what he says. Just please tell him before the meeting that if he brings up pulling the plug on her just once, I will jump over the table and strangle him."

June nodded.

"I'll go and talk to the nurse about setting up something."

Edgar watched her walk into the hospital, and he sat down, his head pounding. He just wanted this nightmare to be over.

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