His Wounded Light by Christine Brae

Author:Christine Brae
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: romance, new adult, Contemporary Romance
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Three weeks after the accident, it’s time for us to go home. The mood is light and we’re all piled up in Alex’s hospital room, waiting for Dr. McKinley to sign his release. Eddie has literally moved his gaming station into his father’s room, and Maddy is sitting on top of the bed playing with some puzzles. My sisters have stopped by to take the children home ahead of us and I’m trying to gather up the last bits and pieces of our extended stay.

“Eddie, get ready to go home with your aunts, please.” Just as I say this, the maids come in to cart everything back home. There are suitcases and toys and books and magazines; we even have two cots that were dropped off one night when Maddy refused to leave the hospital without her “Dada.”

Alex is quietly watching television as this bustle of activity happens around him. After fifteen long minutes, the room is silent and it’s just the two of us again. For the past two weeks, being alone with Alex has been difficult and stressful. He’s uncommunicative and passive and doesn’t have much to say. I try my best to keep things cordial to the point of trying too hard to cheer him up. Dr. McKinley says that his reaction is normal and that I should leave him alone to process things on his own. I haven’t been home since I walked into the emergency room that night. I’ve lost ten pounds and my body is still expelling the food I’m taking in as a result of my pregnancy. I hit my three month mark right around when the accident occurred, and now that Alex is going home, I’m eager to bask in the joy of my pregnancy. I’m hoping that it lifts Alex’s spirits up and distracts him from all this gloominess.

I’m sitting up on his bed as Dr. McKinley walks in. Alex grabs my hand and holds on to it tightly and I take it as a sign from him for me to remain by his side. I can tell that Dale has good news because he’s smiling.

“Well, man, I’ve just signed your release. They should be up to take you downstairs in a few minutes.” He pauses to look at me and I nod my head slightly. “There are a couple things I want to speak to both of you about. I mentioned earlier that we won’t know the extent of Alex’s damage until six to eight weeks from the day of the accident. The reason for this is because he’s still undergoing spinal shock, which simply put, is the body’s way of fighting further damage. It’s like a severe case of whiplash, where everything eventually recuperates with time. That’s the good news. The tests on Alex show that the damage is below the T11 to L2 area of his spine, which means that the nerves are slightly working and that he is only undergoing a partial paralysis during this period.”

I turn to Alex, who is listening intently.

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