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walk towards the door
and I turn around when I hear my name. The nurse leaves and I walk
over to Molly’s bed. “Will you help me?”
    I lean closer to her bed. “I will, but
Molly, if you mess this up, I’m done. Raelynn deserves a mother who
can be there for her.” 
    “ I understand,” Molly says,
as she wipes away the tears. 
    “ I mean it, Molly. If you
don’t do it for you, you do it for her.” 
    “ Thank you, I
will.” 
    I walk out of the room and take a few deep
breaths. How am I supposed to help her? I stop outside of the
unknown man’s room. The doctor, a nurse, and that dark-haired woman
are standing near the bed of the unconscious man. I watch as the
medical staff assesses him and the woman watches. She looks up at
me briefly before looking back at the man in the bed. She wipes
away the tears dripping down her cheeks. I walk away from his room
to join Alec and the kids.

Chapter Two: Miracles
    Alec
    Mom and dad leave to go home and I wait for
Emma in the waiting room with the kids, Sam, and Bridget. The kids
are sitting on the cloth chairs eating their snacks and watching
cartoons. Emma walks through the double doors — she looks like she
has been crying. I rush over to her and ask, “Did she say something
to you?” 
    “ No, Alec, she didn’t.” She
rubs her hand up and down my arm.
    “ Why the tears?” I ask as I
wipe away the tears from her cheeks with my thumb.
    “ It’s just been an emotional
couple of days.” 
    “ What did she want to see
you about?” 
    “ She just wanted to thank me
for taking care of Raelynn. She said Raelynn talked about me and
her Bubby,” she says, smiling.
    “ I forgot to tell you that
part. Molly laughed at Raelynn calling James Bubby and it didn’t become a
problem. James did make her a get-well card,” I say as I search her
eyes for more of the truth. 
    “ That’s right — he did. They
are moving her to a regular room now.” 
    “ Are you sure that’s all she
wanted?” I ask again.
    “ I’m sure. Oh, do you
remember Molly’s friend, the guy she came in
with?” 
    “ Yes, the one they didn’t
know who he was.” I watch Emma and I can see some excitement in her
eyes. 
    “ A woman is in his room. He
is still unconscious and she is crying by his bed. But at least he
isn’t alone.” 
    “ That’s good. Are you ready
to go home?” 
    “ I am.” We say our goodbyes
and drive home. Once we are home I tell Emma that I need to call
Mason and Madison. The kids run down the hallway screaming and
laughing as James chases Raelynn. We are in a small house with two
children, so good luck finding someplace quiet.
    “ If you want quiet, the only
quiet place you’ll find here is in the spare bedroom,” Emma
says.
    “ I’ll be just a few
minutes.” I kiss her before walking in the direction of the spare
room.
    “ Take your time; I have some
things I need to do as well,” she says.
    I call Madison, who wants to know when a
good time will be to close on the house. She said the inspectors
will be there tomorrow to check for termites, inspect the wiring,
and do whatever else they do when they inspect a house. I tell her
the sooner we can close the better. The house is already vacant so
we won’t have to wait for the previous owners to move out. Molly
will also recover, so I don’t see anything holding us back from
closing and/or moving in quickly. 
    I call Mason and his phone goes to
voicemail, so I leave a message saying I’m home and to call
anytime. The house seems quiet, so I call Adam McDaniel and tell
him Molly will be fine and they are moving her out of I.C.U. and
into a regular room. I’m not certain of the relationship Molly and
Adam have, but I know she needs all the support she can get. As I
walk out into the living room, Emma is on the front porch on her
cell phone and the kids are playing in their bedroom. Deciding now
would be a good time to have a beer, I do just that.
    I sit at the dining room table with my beer
in