Chapter 88 Can’t Live Without You

(Thomas)

I woke up in a hospital bed. There was a sharp pain thudding through my head. I glanced around the room. There was nobody there. I rang the bell for the nurse.

She appeared with the doctor a minute later.

“Oh good,” he said, “You’re awake. Mr. Lombardi, you’ve suffered a car accident. Luckily, besides some minor scratches, you are completely fine--”

“Where’s my wife?” I interrupted him.

The doctor drew in a deep breath and exhaled.

“She is in the next room,” he said, “She shouldn’t have suffered any major injuries, but she is yet to gain consciousness.”

I sprang out of bed. The doctor began to speak again but I did not want to hear it. “Take me to her!” I said.

***

Lydia lay in the hospital bed in the room next to mine. Her chest moved slowly as she breathed from the oxygen mask on her face. The door behind me swung open and Ruby and Adeline walked in.

“How did we get here?” I asked them.

“Somebody saw you two crash on the highway and called an ambulance,” she replied.

“How l