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Chapter 6

Jude was sitting in a chair across from Tommy's bed asleep.

A doctor entering the room awakened Jude from her sleep.

"I'm sorry Miss. I didn't mean to wake you." The doctor said.

"No it's alright." She said.

"I'm Dr. Treiger. I'm afraid I have some bad news for you."

"What is it?" Jude said standing to her feet.

"Well, as you probably know, he can't breathe on his own. And with this hospital the policy is that we can only keep a patient on the ventilator for 24 hours. I'm sorry to have to face you with this decision but you must decide either to transfer him to another hospital or…let him go."

Jude couldn't move. Her whole body felt numb.

"I'll give you some time to think about it. I will come back a little bit later." The doctor said as he walked out of the room.

Jude's eyes welled up with tears. She never thought this would have happened. Right now, at that very moment, she held Tommy's life in her hands. This was the man she loved. She just couldn't simply let him die. Neither could she let him be a vegetable for the rest of his life.

Jude had the doctor come back to the room. She had made her decision.

"Have you decided what you are going to do?" he asked.

Jude took a deep breath. She couldn't believe what she was about to say.

"Yes. I want to take him off the ventilator." She said softly.

"You're sure about this?"

"Yes."

Dr. Treiger started to turn off the machine but Jude asked him something.

"Is it at all possible to just wait two more hours?"

"That would be against hospital rules."

"Please Dr. Treiger? I just want to be sure he won't come out if this before you do it."

"Do you know how much trouble I can get into if any of the staff finds out about this?"

"Yes I know. But I just can't leave him without giving him one last chance to live. And if anyone finds out about it I'll take the blame for it."

Dr. Treiger looked at Jude, then at Tommy. He understood why she was having a hard time with this.

"Alright. I'll give you two more hours. But if there is no change in his condition, you can't wait any longer."

"Thank you so much Dr. Treiger."

"You're welcome." He said. And he turned to walk out.

Now all Jude had to do was wait for a change. Or wait for no change. Either way she was helpless. All she could do was pray that something good would happen.

Later

The time was winding down. Only fifteen minutes left for Tommy to change. Jude walked over to his bedside. She held his hand.

"Tommy if you can hear me, please start breathing on your own. I don't want to be haunted with the decision I made. I don't want you to leave me."

She sat down and laid her head on the side of the bed and cried. All of a sudden she felt a squeeze on her hand. She looked up to see Tommy's eyes looking into hers. Jude smiled at him.

She paged Dr. Treiger.

He walked into the room once more.

"Yes?" he asked.

"He can breathe."

He walked over to Tommy and removed the ventilator. Everything looked good.

"It's a miracle." He said.

Tommy sat up and looked at the doctor.

"What happened?" he asked.

"You were in a car accident. We didn't think you were gonna make it. We were just about to let you go but Jude here asked for two more hours. Thank God she did. Well I have other patients to attend to but I will return to check on you."

"I was so afraid I was going to lose you." Jude said with tears in her eyes.

"Come here girl." Tommy said opening his arms to Jude.

She fell into his arms. It felt amazing to feel him hold her again. It was enough to make her break down into tears.

"You will never lose me Jude. I love you more than anything. I know I have put you through an emotional roller coaster these past few weeks. But this time nothing is gonna change it. You are my world."

Jude looked up at Tommy. She caressed the side of his face. He pulled her in and kissed her.

His word was true this time. He knew he loved her. He had known it for a long time.

After they parted Jude looked into his eyes.

"I love you too."

A\n- wow its been a really long time since I have updated this one. But finally here it is the 6th chapter. I am getting close to the end of this story. Only about two more chapters left. So review this one and tell me what you think.