"Kevin, you can't just leave me like this. Wake up! Please! I can't lose you. Please wake up." Kevin was lying right there in the hospital bed in front of her, but she felt he was a million miles away. It was the first time she ever felt this way. She just looked at him, but he gave no response, not even a smile. Nothing in the world could be more painful than this.
"Why are you doing this? Is it because I left you? I came back. Do you hear me? Oh God, please wake up!" Leena's tears fell on his hands. At that moment she realized that when she left, it hurt him as well as herself.
"I'll never leave you this time. I won't leave you again, even if you drive me away with a stick. Maybe I can't have kids, but that's okay. It's really okay. I don't want anything. I only want to be with you." She decided that after the accident, she was going to go after what she wanted. As for Kevin's family, she would work really hard to earn their understanding.
"I'm sorry Leena. We need to fix his intubation. I need to boot you out." Tom entered the room again. Kevin was still under observation, so Leena couldn't stay in the ward for too long.
"OK." Leena nodded and let go of Kevin's hand. She knew it was about Kevin's life, so she had to listen to Tom. As she left the room, she couldn't help looking back at Kevin in his bed.
"It's all right. Just go back home and get some rest. I promise when you wake up, Kevin will be out of danger." Tom wiped away her tears. She had been here a long time, and Tom was afraid she might get exhausted.
"No. Tom, don't ask me to go home. I want to be with him." Leena shook her head, not wanting to leave the man she loved. Even leaving him for a second, she felt that her heart was broken into tiny pieces.
"Don't do that. We don't need you sick too," Tom insisted. In Tom's opinion, Leena stressed herself out too much. If she was ill right now, he might not have enough energy to take care of her. For some time now, he had been treating his loved ones, which made him feel nervous and afraid.
"No, really. Go home. Sleep," Lee said. "I'll take care of him here," he continued. Lee had been here the whole time. Everyone else who came to visit Kevin came and went, and only Lee and Leena kept their vigil.
"I don't want to leave him. I want him to know that I have been with him the whole time. Then he'll have to wake up," Leena said sadly. She was not as fragile as she looked, and had an inner fire that burned brightly when it was needed.
"How about this? I've got a couch in my office. When Kevin wakes up, you can see him right away." Tom could not persuade her, so he tried a different tactic.
"But..." Leena still hesitated.
"Okay, I'm going to say this plainly. Get some rest, or you can't see him." Tom threatened her in order to force her to get some sleep.
"All right. Two-hour break. When Kevin wakes up, let me know right away." Leena saw that Tom was angry, so she agreed to his proposal.
"OK. I'll let you know immediately when he opens his eyes," Tom assured her. She had to trust him. There was no other choice.
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