Instead, all I heard was something like ‘Ughff’, which sounds easier than it spells. I listened for any follow up. It came. A kind of groaning jus... outside my window. Looking out, I saw the human form stretched out. At first I decided he was just drunk and I should go back to bed, but hey, I couldn’t sleep anyway, so I ventured outside to check. He was mumbling something and pointing upwards… ‘B… con… ee’ Good God! I thought. He’s fallen from his balcony! I ran to Reception. Fortunately Paco. Pour Kelly issomeone so young and if I let him live like this with no legs, only onearm that may or may not work and only one working eye is un-thinkable.The surgery or transfer would be well in the millions of dollars Mrs.Parker but I am offering this to Kelly free of cost." My mom bust downand almost faints and starts crying tears of joy."Oh thank you, thank you doctor. I don't know what else to say." I watchmommy hugging the doctor and both of them are crying tears of joy.The doctor gets a. "Loretta said, "I can't hear you. Speak up and speak clearly."Richard answered, "Yes, I understand."Loretta told him it was good and started spraying some sort of foam allover his body from the neck down. She told him to stand there until shetold him he could take a shower. She looked at her watch and left. Shewent back to the living room and talked to Susan.They were having such a good conversation that she forgot about Richardfor twenty minutes. She called up to him that he could take a. Yes, I loved her, and she loved me. But we both knew that it was not to be – not back then. We eventually drifted off to sleep in each other’s arms. The next morning I let her go with an almost unbearable ache in my heart, and eyes swollen as if waiting to burst into tears. We had exchanged phone numbers though. Luckily it was the last morning of my friends and me, and we had agreed on sleeping late to have enough energy to pack, and tidy up our room. So at seven in the morning I was pretty.