“She was released, but she came back to you.”
“Yes, but—”
“Let me finish brother, she fell in love with you and you fell in love with her.”
“A-ha.”
“You abandoned her to go on my quest...”
I am mortified by his words.
“And then she went for you again?”
“Yes, that’s exactly what happened.”
“Brother, you're a blind man.”
“What?”
“Yes, you are, that woman is absolutely in love with you and you're still grieving over things that she probably doesn't even think about.”
“She told me that, she told me if she had forgiven me, why not me?”
“If you don't forgive yourself, you will probably never enjoy your life with her and her story will be in vain. You fight against all odds, but won't you be able to fight against your mind? That's ridiculous.”
Dante has knowledge that I find hard to understand where it comes from. He's a man who lost his life, but his mind is clear and sharp.
* * *
“Bruno...” Dante shakes my shoulder to wake me up. “The doctor is here.”
I get up immediately.
Ian is standing in front of me, he looks as tired as I feel. “Hey Bruno, she’s awake but I would like to have her stay a couple of days, if it’s ok to you.”
Relief floods my body, loosening my contracted muscles, Dante rests his hand on my shoulder and smiles at me.
“Yes, can I go see her now?”
“Sure, come this way.” Ian leads me to her room.
“I’ll wait here.” Dante says as I enter the room.
The room is very quiet, only the devices that monitor Sarah are filling the space with sounds.
Some wires surround her over the bed; it reminds me a lot of the first day in the hospital. She looks drowsy, her eyes look heavy. and she tries to smile at me.
“Hi beautiful,” I whisper. “How are you feeling?” I grab her hand.
“I’m sorry,” she cries, and I look for Ian immediately.
“She is under a lot of drugs, it’s normal to cry, don’t worry,” he says. “I don’t know how she could walk after that bullet, there was a lot of tissue damaged.”
“Oh, I know, she is a true resilient.” I say to her and she smiles with tears still in her eyes.
Ian towers over her and stroke her head.
“You did a good job, Sarah, now it’s time to recover.” He looks at me, “It would be best if I can keep an eye on her.”
