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"Benjamin, I need to knohere he is What city, what hospital I need a doctor’s name I need his fixer’s name and his contact infor into the office

"Caroline, good lord woman, a simple Monica come on in here would have been--"

"Do you still have my passport information fro Benja fro on?"

"I need you to book et horab my passport Text me the information when you have it"

"Wait, Hanoi? When? How much ah? How--"

"As soon as possible I don’t care I don’t care Please do this now," I replied, now calet oing to drive me so I can make some calls on the way Find out what you can and call ot it You sure you want to--"

"You’re telling me that Simon is unconscious soht now?" I asked, handing the phone back to Jillian and heading for the door "I’ll be ready to leave in two et me on a plane"

Five hours later, I was on a plane over the Pacific One seat left First class Do you have any idea how much a last- zeros, just line those fuckers up

I sat ina hts you get your own damn pod? It’s like a minisuite, but on a plane When Simon and I went to Vietnam awhile back, we flew business class Sure, it was super nice, but it wasn’t like this

Monica had to split it over five credit cards I didn’t care I was on et ht took off Still unconscious, he was being tested for what they called TBI, or trau around the brain from a skull fracture, which Benjaery to relieve the intercranial pressure

Let o to WebMD and do a search for any of these ter very hard to stay off the in-flight wi-fi doing exactly this I kept checking my phone only for updates or e new to report

So I sat in ht About my sweet Simon Benja them know that while I was technically not listed as next of kin or even as an e that would be rectified as soon as possible), that I was his fiancée and should be allowed to see hiiven power of attorney when it ca that had been established years before, when he was still at Stanford My sweet Simon, totally alone in the world for years except for Benjalobe-trotted this way and that, not a care in the world other than his beloved photography With Benja his finances and his sole contact in case there ever was an eency, he was truly untethered