After that we just stared at each other for what seemed like minutes, frozen in my tracks, I awaited his next request.Seemingly annoyed with me, he fi...ally said, "Well, what are you waiting for, go ahead. The magazine prices are on the cover, all the video rentals are $5 each and the arcade is $8 per visit."I scurried away to the magazines while, I felt his eyes follow my every step. It seemed like he watched me very closely until a well dressed older black man came into the bookstore and. "Bring them in. Let's get this over with," I said wearily.Rebecca wasn't gone twenty-two seconds before three men, dressed in very expensive suits came into the room with Jim and Colleen in tow. They had that, 'I'm Important, ' air about them, and I doubted they would get along with me any more than they did with Jim and Colleen.Rather than offer anything, I sat silent until Jim spoke. "Carl, Rebecca tells us you will recover, this time. I understand the bullet missed severing your femoral. Her hair wrapped high and crowned with a tiara which matched the tiny silver slippers on her feet. There was a moment of stunned silence at her breathtaking beauty, then applause as she neared the bottom of the stairs. Her heart racing, she was excited and self conscious to be the absolute center of everyone's attention.Steffan, smiling broadly, stepped up to offer his arm."Remember, you owe me the first dance," he prompted."Absolutely Master Steffan," she beamed, " but there is just one. You’ve been in a coma since Dec. 22, 2013. You were in a terrible motor vehicle accident and have been in a coma since you arrived.’ So far it was somewhat like I remembered. Then he asked me about Annie. He said that the nurse had said I’d asked about Annie. Shit, I didn’t want to tell him about the dream so I told him I believed I’d heard someone singing to me while I was in the coma and I heard the name Annie. ‘Did you recognize Annie when she came in here?’ asked the doctor. ‘I’m not sure..