Thank you, again, to everyone that has read (and reviewed) my story. I know that this is a really short chapter, and I promise to update with the next chapter (which is longer) soon.
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Chapter Four
Sitting on the edge of her bed, Jason takes her hand in his and gently kisses the back of it. He's having trouble seeing her looking so weak and pale. He's also having trouble forming a coherent thought. His chest is constricted with the knowledge that the head nurse, Epiphany, had given him. He doesn't want to lose her. It doesn't matter that they're not together anymore. As long as she was happy and safe somewhere in the world, he was….content, no, accepting of his choice that her and their children were not a part of his everyday life. Oh God, Jake is gone, the only thing keeping his body alive are the machines.
Watching the monitors, he sees that her heart is barely beating. "NO!" he cried forcefully. "No, you are NOT going to die. I need you to fight, Elizabeth. You need to fight. Cameron needs you…..I….I need you."
Tears blurring his vision, he reached down and gathered his Elizabeth in his arms, holding her close to his heart. His voice, thick with emotion, "I love you…..so very much." She felt so frail; he could feel her struggling to catch a breath, as he buried his head in the crook of her shoulder. Leaning back slightly, he gently caressed her lips with his own. "I don't want to let you go."
A sigh passed her lips one last time. The monitors beeping out wildly before flatlining.
"Noooooooooooooooooo!" Jason's tortured scream ripped through the hospital floor.
Doctors and nurses came running, grabbing Elizabeth away from Jason and attempting to resuscitate her. Jason slid down the wall, tears streaming silently as he watched them work on her for what seemed like hours before finally call her time of death. He prays like he's never prayed before, 'Oh God, please, just please bring her back. I can't lose her, I love her….she's everything to me. Please, please don't take her away from me. I will fix this, I will never leave her again, if you just bring her back to me. I will fix my life, I promise…'