Blue Christmas by Diane Moody

Author:Diane Moody [Moody, Diane]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: OBT Bookz
Published: 2011-09-25T16:00:00+00:00

“Any change?” Alli asked as she entered Jackson’s room.

“No, sweetheart. No change,” Jane Greer answered, giving her a hug.

Bob and Jane stood on opposite sides of their son’s bed. Jane reached out, brushing the hair back off his forehead. She traced his strong jaw line with her fingers, smiling wearily.

“I’m still not used to this stubble. It seems like only yesterday his voice had just begun to crack. He couldn’t wait for some facial hair. So excited when it finally started coming in. Course, it was nothing but the slightest appearance of peach fuzz on that chin. But he was so proud. Now, look at him—he fills this whole bed and he’s got a face full of stubble.”

“C’mon, honey,” Bob said. “We promised to give Alli some time with him before they kick us all out to bathe him.” He leaned over and planted a kiss on his son’s forehead, pausing to whisper. “Today’s the day, Jackson. C’mon, buddy, it’s time to wake up. We love you, big guy.”

Alli watched Jane place Jackson’s arm across his chest again. She leaned over her son, lingering as she kissed his cheek as she had surely done a thousand times in his lifetime. “I love you, sweetheart.”

A few moments later, they were gone.

Alone with Jackson for the first time in several hours, Alli fought her despair. She decided to make the best of it, assuming he would hear her every word.

“You know, Jackson, if you’d just snap out of this, you could have hot biscuits and gravy from Cracker Barrel. Does that sound good? There’s a ton of food out there. Course, I haven’t felt much like eating but I would if you’d just wake up.” She looked down at his peaceful face, wishing she could will him to open his eyes.

Instead she blew out a heavy sigh, sitting down beside the bed and taking his hand into hers. She leaned over to kiss his hand, then laid her cheek against his open palm. “Please wake up, Jackson. I’m so lonely without you. Even with all these people around, I feel so empty without you.”

She lifted her head, suddenly aware how tired she was. When his eyes remained closed, his expression the same, she slowly laid her head back down and gave in to the fatigue. With her eyes closed, she felt herself drifting off to sleep, the steady beep, beep, beep of Jackson’s monitor the only sound she could hear.

She began to stir, thinking she’d surely slept an hour or more. She looked at her watch, surprised it had only been around fifteen minutes. Suddenly, she realized what had awakened her. The beeping had stopped! Still trying to shake off the grogginess, she snapped her head up to look at the monitor. Why was it stuck? Instead of beeping, it shrieked at her.

That’s when she noticed the flat line.

“Jackson! JACKSON! NOOOOO!” Her scream bounced off the walls. “SOMEBODY! HELP ME! Oh Jackson—oh God, please don’t let him die! Jackson! JACKSON! Nooooooo!”

She stumbled

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