224 Take Me With You (2/2)

She held his hand and run her fingers through his hair while she forced herself to talk. A lump was already forming in her throat making it hard for her to speak.

”Dr. Jim,I need to go and go on with my research. I need to do this for your recovery and for the millions of people who are also suffering like you. I need to hasten this up so that you can return to your family in two years.By that time,I am hoping I could already present to the world the perfect Hailey's Pill. ”

She didn't know why. Her tears were racing down from her eyes as she talked. She was hesitant to leave.She was afraid he wouldn't be cared the way she did. She was afraid she wouldn't be there when he could finally recognize her. Perhaps because she had dedicated herself in caring for him and she became emotionally attached as a doctor to a patient.

When she released his hand and stood up,suddenly,she saw it!He slowly lifted up his hand up and reached out to hold hers.

”Don't... ” His voice was hoarse.

Suddenly overjoyed,she hugged him tightly and cried.

”Dr. Jim,you're finally awake! ”

”Thank you,Dr.Hailey!” He softly said.

She straightened up and stared at him to confirm if it was really him who was talking.

”Take me with you. ”

Oh,dear!It was really him!He's awake!He's alive!

She threw herself at him again and hugged him,her heart overflowing with joy! Her laughter then became a sob,and while her face lingered on his neck,she felt that her shoulders became wet. He was crying as well!

”Dr. Hailey,thank you again. I have heard and seen you. ”

She knew what he meant.Hearing is the last sensory faculty that would deteriorate in a dying man and it is also assumed that a comatose person can still hear. He perhaps heard her as she talked to him everyday,encouraging him to win the fight. Or, he perhaps heard her cry when at times she went desperate.

In all honesty,Dr. Jim had long been awake and had been silently observing her. He wanted to know her mystery and her sincerity in her advocacy. He saw how much she cared for him and he felt ashamed with it. For a long time,he couldn't dare to admit that he was too uncomfortable to be helpless. Most of all,because,the one who took care of him was not in any way related to him.

But now that she's leaving,he could not afford to be left behind. He may be reluctant to admit,but he couldn't imagine himself to be in someone else's care.