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She squeezed his hand a little tighter than normal “Open your eyes for me, Jude”

He squeezed back again

Sarah pulled her hand away so she could do a quick neuro check to see if he reacted to stimuli

Pulling out a sharp point froertip Jude griotten any response when she’d checked hi tests

She ran through severa

l other neuro tests, getting reactions to each one, thenfor last Mainly because looking into his eyes earlier and seeing nothing but a blank stare had almost sent her into sobs

She pushed his eyelids open, stared into the azed into and shone her light As before, they responded appropriately to light, but he wasn’t seeing her

Or maybe he was because his stare wasn’t blank Not like before

Jude saw her

So but she knew better Jude was seeing her

She leaned closer, her face about six inches above his “It’s time for you to wake up, Jude Davenport Do you hear me? Wake up”

Jude heard Sarah Loud and clear She was telling him to wake up

Which didn’t make sense because he ake

“Wake up, Jude,” she insisted, louder

His throat hurt So did his head And his body He hurt all over