"What is it??" he wanted to know but Beth didn't tell them that she saw Melinda standing next to the bed.
"N-Nothing… I didn't expect… a view like… this…"
"Like what??? With all the tubes and the EKG???" Jim asked sharply but Beth didn't respond.
"No… Hon, why are you… here???"
"Beth, who are you talking to??" Jim wanted to know.
"Jim… I know this will be hard on ya… But Melinda is here… She is standing right next to ya…"
"NOOOOOOOOOO… That cannot be true… Not she. Not Melinda. Are you telling the truth???"
"How can I prove that this is the truth??"
"Dunno… Ask her what our plans were for the next weekend… It's our… wedding day."
"You guys wanted to drive upstate to a little B&B" Beth said.
"Damn… You're telling the truth…" said Jim while Beth was looking at Melinda.
"Honey… Why did you leave your body? Beth asked.
"Cause I knew you'd come here to visit me… And I need you to tell the doctors that I'm fine. There's nothing…" A doctor, whose name was David Hill, opened the door and interrupted Melinda's conversation with her mom.
"Excuse me… Could you all leave the room, please?! I gotta talk to Mr. Clancy about his wife's condition…" he said. Everyone left the room except of Beth.
"I'm her mother. May I stay here, too?"
"Well, okay. Mr. Clancy…"
"David, you know me… Please call me Jim!"
"Okay, Jim… Your wife… Her blood levels are conspicuous. We need to run some new tests in order to get new results."
"What do you think I wrong with her?" Beth asked.
"I have no idea… It could be leukaemia or she is just exhausted."
"BLOOD CANCER?!?! OMG!" Beth was shocked.
"I said it COULD be… I'll take her to the radiology in 30 minutes. But we need her out of the come. So we'll wake her up. She'll be a bit confused. So don't be surprised." He left.
"Gosh…" Jim started to cry because he was worried about his wife. The others came back in the room.
"Jim? What's wrong with her? What happened?"
"They still don't know what's wrong with her…"
"Melinda told me that nothing was wrong with her." Beth told them.
"Jim?" Melinda woke up.
"Sweetheart…" Jim ran towards the bed and kissed his beloved wife. Melinda was thin and pale.
"How do you feel? The doctors still don't know what is wrong with you! They need to run some more tests. Do you feel any pain?" he asked her and gave her a very passionate kiss.
"No Jim… I… I don't feel any pain. I just feel tired and dizzy."
"Mel, you left your body while you were in that coma and you told your mom that nothing was wrong with you… What does that mean? Do you know what's wrong with you?"
"I don't remember leaving my body anyway. But I remember having a weird dream…"
"Mel, honey, what does that mean?"
"You'll know soon enough. I just don't want any new tests on me. I wanna go home, Jim, please. I'm fine…"
"Honey, you just woke up of the coma. You aren't in the condition to go home!"
"Jim, please, I'm begging…"
"No, Mel. You're too weak to leave the hospital! And you'll go to the examination…"
"Don't treat me like I'm a child. I'm old enough to make my own decisions and I won't go there. I'll go home. You know how much I like hospitals."
"Melinda…," he gave her a worried look. "I'm not treating you like you were a child. I just care about you!"
"Hello? Melinda just woke up and you guys have nothing to do but having an argument?" Delia interrupted them.
"What would you say if it was Ned?" Jim yelled.