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Part 25 � Turning
Point

The day crawled by.�
People came and went according to his father�s schedule.� Don was sent to the hospital cafeteria around
3pm.� He checked in with Megan, but their
mole hadn�t sent any more emails.� Two
more FBI agents came and took their turn.�
Both were former co-workers of Megan�s and he trusted her instincts on
them.

Out loud, he read a chapter from Will�s book on how the
brain processes words, but kept losing his place as he wondered what was going
on in Will�s brain at that moment.� Was
he listening?� Or was Don just reading to
the shell of the man he loved?

He gave up on the book and picked up the day�s newspaper and
read the Local section to Will, instead.

Amy and Charlie were getting on like a house on fire, no
surprise.� They were both geeks,
academics.� Colby normally would be
showing a little jealousy, but he just watched Charlie with an odd little smile
on his face.� Don tried to tell himself
that he shouldn�t expect everyone else�s relationship to be on hold just
because his was, but envy for Charlie and Colby�s romance sent Don out to pace
the halls several times.� But he always
rushed back, afraid that Will would wake up and he wouldn�t be there.

Alan was reading to Will when David came in for guard
duty.� He was also dropping off
Nena.��

�She�s been getting more upset all day,� David told Colby
and Don as Nena went to Will�s bedside.�
Alan stood up and announced that his throat was sore and he was going to
head to dinner a few minutes early.� He
asked Nena if she wanted to eat with him, but she was fixated on Will, standing
by the head of his bed and staring at his face with wide eyes.� Alan shrugged and left for dinner.

�She didn�t understand why Uncle Don and Daddy weren�t at
the office with me and Megan,� David continued.�

�Unka Wiw!� Unka Wiw!�
Nena said, shaking Will�s arm.

�Just talk to him, sweetie,� Colby quickly said.

�It�s okay,� Don said.�
�It�s good for us to touch him.�
Just don�t shake any tubes loose.�

Nena leaned down and talked into Will�s ear.

David sighed. ��She�s
been bothering us since lunch that she needs to be with Uncle Will, because
he�s sick.� We held out as long as we
could.�

�Thanks, but she�ll be fine here,� Don said with a small
smile.� Cats and kids.� They understand
more than we think they do.

David handed over the big bag of things that Colby had
packed in the morning to keep Nena distracted at the office.� Some crayons spilled out and they were a
minute collecting them again from underneath chairs and cabinets.� When the crayons were recaptured and David
went out for guard duty, Don looked over at Will and his throat tightened with
emotion.� Nena had taken her beloved stuffed
dinosaur, Rocko, and tucked him under Will�s arm.

Following Don�s gaze, Colby smiled.�� He went over to Nena and sat down, pulling
Nena onto his lap.

�I�m sure that Rocko will help Uncle Will sleep,� Colby said
affectionately.� �But do you think that
you�ll be able to sleep tonight without him?�

Nena nodded firmly then started chatting with Colby about
her day.� Don sat down in a nearby chair
and listened with one ear.� If only Will was sleeping.� That would mean real brain activity.� That would mean that when he finished with
the sleep cycle he�d wake up.�

Don sighed and began looking through Will�s books for
something that wouldn�t require him to think too much.�

The day turned into evening and they began to settle into a
routine.� Don both looked forward to and
dreaded when he�d be sent away for his required sleep period.� Nena was quite unhappy when she was made to
go home with Charlie.� Colby had to
promise her that she could spend the next day at the hospital.� And also remind her that Monster was left
home alone, also worrying about Will.�

The room was quiet as Don took a drink of water to soothe
his throat.� Alan was back to working on
his crossword puzzle, Colby was reading the paper, and Cindi had her tongue
between her teeth, silently arguing with some knitting she�d brought from
home.��

Don set down his glass and glanced at Will before returning
to the book he was reading out loud.

He could have missed it.�
He could have been looking away or down at the book.� Don could have missed it, but he didn�t.

Will�s eyes opened.

They didn�t open very wide, just dark slits, but there was
light behind them, awareness.� Don�s
breath lodged in his chest, his heart pounded, his fingers dug into the pages
of his book.� Will�s eyes looked up at
the ceiling for a brief moment, then slowly slid sideways until he was looking
straight at Don.� The muscles of Will�s
mouth twitched, like he was trying to smile, then his eyes closed.

�Oh!� Don finally managed.

�What?� Alan and Cindi asked urgently.

�What�s wrong?� Colby asked, on his feet, ready to dash for
the doctor.

�He, he,� Don said, dropping the book and grabbing Will�s
hand.� �He looked at me!� I think he knew me!�

Gasps of surprise and delight echoed around him, but Don
only had eyes for Will.� Was it just
wishful thinking or did Will�s hand seem warmer?�

�I�m here, babe,� Don said softly. �Did you see me?� I�m right here.�

The door opened and Dr. Jones came in, looking excited.

�His eyes opened!� Alan exclaimed.� �He recognized Don!�

Dr. Jones nodded enthusiastically, examining the readouts
from all the machines though Don knew that she had the same data at the
monitoring station.

After an agonizing moment, she turned to them with a
flourish and announced, �He�s asleep!��

Cindi gasped, �He�s out of the coma?�

�Not yet,� Dr. Jones said.�
�But it�s a big step.� If it�s
true sleep, he should wake in ten or twelve hours.� Don�t expect him to be normal and alert at
once, though.� By �awake� I mean he�ll
have awake brain patterns, not that he�ll be talking and walking and asking for
dinner.�

Excited chatter filled the room and Alan gave Dr. Jones a
hug.� She said something about keeping
their expectations in check, but everyone was too happy to take note.

Don sat in his chair next to Will�s bed and let the
conversation swirl around him.� He looked
at Will�s hand in between his and then at Will�s book lying on the floor, where
he�d dropped it.� The page Don had been
reading was ripped in half.� Don grinned,
his heart bubbling with joy.� Will was
gonna kill him.
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