Chapter 42 A Fair Warning

• I only managed to nod because those were the only words I could say at that moment. Hope was dangerous. Hope could be crushed.
• The day was slowly passing as the best people were going to the nurses and doctors to get checked. Soon Chase and Alessandro came back, carrying with them a tray of food that, quite frankly, no one of us felt like eating. Most times, we whispered and reminisced about Aiden, or I just accompanied him in silence.
• When it was getting dark, the tension in the room was rising. We need to come out of the status quo and apply ourselves, as the next twenty – four hours would be crucial, as said by Dr. Patel. Each one of the monitors beeping, each movement of Aiden’s fingers, has the effect of racing our hearts.