.?" he cried, trying to jerk away. The hands kept him firmly inplace."It's all fine, darling," his mother said in her breeziest voice. "It'sall for th... best."A cloak of soft darkness sank over him. Loving hands caught him as heslid off the stool.***You never really know when you wake up, do you? You know when you'vewoken up. It is like falling asleep in reverse - first you drift off,and then you drift back again.It takes a while for the cobwebs to disappear; but then you remember.His world was. She started crying and told me she was waiting for me to agree before she did. Then i looked at for about three minutes and whispered “do it”. She almost collapsed in her chair and said “thank you”. I then asked if she would set it up for this trip and she told me that she would let me know of her plans. I put my hand up and said i didn't want to know beforehand this time but only after. Then we would talk. She looked a bit nervous but said she would. Even though i knew now that i couldn't. About 40 mins later, keerti came to my place and sat next to my pillow. She showed me the Mehendi design on her hands and asked me to smell it. I smelled it and said it was too good. I jokingly asked her to sleep next to me. Keerti, immediately suddenly slept next to me (I was surprised too) she thanked me for feeding the dinner. And held my fingers and started playing with them. I was so nervous with feelings. I was only breathing harder. She then touched my forearms and said “why so many. ’ He squinted out of his swollen left eye. She had put on her clothes and had the left the room. The pain had subsided a bit as he could see with some degree of clarity as she returned with an envelope full of cash. ‘Here. For your troubles.’ He counted the notes. ‘This is much more than………..’ ‘I know, use this to get yourself a real job. Now let’s get going.’ Silently, Zach followed Monica down to her car. She drove him to the ER entrance of Trinity General. ‘Zach… Thank you, I really needed.