I Don't Understand It

Sorry for the delay this weekend.  I was feeling extremely unwell and spent most of the day in bed asleep.  Hope everyone is doing well in this time of social-distancing and unknowns.

The photo above is Emma and Spinner on their wedding day with Jay performing the ceremony.  This chapter includes a lot of Emma and the story of Emma and Spinner's relationship.

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"She found out I had been talking to Darcy about visiting Kenya, and then when I got hooked on ecstasy, that ended it for good."

"You were hooked on x?" Bianca calls and I see all our mouths have dropped.

"Yep, I was in a bad place, and did something stupid. Just about ruined my life. I was smart enough to keep it and myself away from Clare at that point though."

The room goes silent when none of us are sure how to respond to this, but then the door opens so we don't have to. I see Emma walk in followed by Doctor Evans.

"Hey guys, everyone getting along?" Emma questions with a smile.

"Yep, getting to know each other a little better," Drew comments. He's certainly right about that.

Doctor Evans walks toward the bed I've been sitting on most of the day now. "Can you please sit her up a little so I can check her vitals?" he requests, and I sit up a bit further, and then I'm able to lift Clare's upper body up closer to me, so she is sitting up and leaning her back against my chest. "Thank you...?"

"Owen," I tell him, as I figure that's what he's searching for.

"It's nice to meet you Owen," he says, before shaking my hand. "And I'm glad Clare still has so many friends with her," he says looking around the room with a smile for us all.

"This is Bianca and Drew, and that is Jay, Peter and Lucas," Emma tells him, and he nods at them, before he turns back toward Clare, and starts taking her vitals and checking her eyes. Then he moves her head so he can check where they did surgery, as well as the tumor on her neck, before making notes in her chart.

"Well she appears to be handling everything well, but we won't know the extent of her recovery until she actually wakes up. So I am going to begin reducing the meds keeping her in the medically induced coma now. But it will still be a number of hours for them to wear off enough for her to begin to come out of the coma," Doctor Evans tells us before he begins changing the dials on the medicine tubes hanging on the pole next to the bed.

"How long do you think it will take her to wake up doctor?" I ask, as I would like to be here when she wakes up.

"It's different for every person, and as I said it will still be several hours, but I believe it will be sometime tomorrow morning for Clare," he remarks as he finishes with her meds. He walks away from the pole and appears as if he is about to leave before turning around to face us again. "It is almost time for visiting hours to be over. Many of you have been here for hours. I think you should all go home and get some rest. She will most likely not be waking up until tomorrow. But I will give permission for one or two of you to remain with her overnight. You can make that decision, and Emma, can you let me know what you all decide please?" he voices and she nods, before he leaves the room.

"I know Jake will want to stay the night with his sister," Drew points out. "Bianca and I both have to get home for curfews tonight, and we got to stay out later last night after graduation." I see the others looking at him. "Ya, I know but until I'm out on my own my mom is quite strict when it comes to curfews and such," he gripes, but if the others had met Audra they'd know what he means.