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"Do you want to get so it up here?"

"I do," she said and left ht inunder the domes to see as for supper

A lump of what looked like etables, and a cup of vanilla pudding It looked like what I thought I'd get in prison, but ry

I waited as long as I could for Kate to return but realized there was a li food like that would stay palatable and coldI wanted to risk I ate my meal, and when Kate returned with a sandwich, some chocolate milk and cookies in hand, I was half done

"What have you got?" she asked and peered at hed

"You'd never survive working at a hospital Or living in a prison"

We ate together and talked more about the trial and the attack It made me tired and my headache worsened

"I should turn the lights down and rest," I said, gri at the pain

"Do you want"Maybe you need more pain meds"

"No, that's okay," I said and closed ht and so the only light coh the"I just need to close my eyes for a while"

For the rest of the evening, Kate sat with me and when I felt like it, I slept and when I woke, we talked Finally, at around eight at night, Kate was ready to go back home

"Sophie's already in bed," Kate said to me as she pulled o hoo to her own house She'll come back toed?"

I shrugged "They'll do a follow-up scan and if that's okay, they'll discharge ive me a ride home Then I'll just have to take it easy for a while Maybe a week to ten days, depending"

Kate bent over the bed and kissesmy face

"I hate to leave you," she said, her eyes ht since I was in the hospital and I don't like it"