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Josh was apologizing for things I didn't understand, but I let him.

His voice was raw, cracking under the weight of something I couldn't quite grasp, and yet-his words barely made sense to me. If it had been three years... how could I blame him for anything?

If I could have spoken, if I had known what was happening to me, I would have told him to be happy.

He couldn't have known I would wake up.

Hell, I defied all logic by being here right now. The way my body felt-the sheer weakness, the heaviness in my limbs, the foreign weight of tubes and wires attached to me-was proof that my survival wasn't something anyone had expected. Whatever Josh had done, whatever choices he had made, I'd already forgiven him.

I knew I had.

Because if I had been in his place, I didn't know if I would have been strong enough to hold on, either.

The doctors had to pull him away eventually, muttering about assessments, checking my line for feeds, and ordering imaging to see if they could reverse the stoma and other attachments I 0.00%

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had apparently gained over the years.

I hated it.

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I hated the way I felt-like I wasn't even a person anymore but a project they had to fix, a problem to solve.

wanted to

to be

the extent of what three years had done to me. And for now, I didn't want

look

wasn't who I

www.

me to

www

got back to normal-if I got back to

But not now.

www

eyes for a moment, letting the

It didn't last.

The door creaked open.

it was just another nurse coming to poke and prod at me some more.

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sound

just enough to see a familiar figure

Jess.

red-rimmed, her lips trembling, and for a moment, she just stood

she crossed the room in a few hurried

I felt the

say something-to tell her I'm okay, I'm here-but nothing would come out, the damn

as hard as my frail

pulled back, swiping furiously at her tears, then

body half-turned like he wasn't sure if he should even be here. Jess glared at him, her eyes still wet, but

give her a damn

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he moved, crossing

as

But it was real.

breathing them in, letting them hold me up because I couldn't do

This was home.

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