It had been a very tense week for everyone. Adam was still in a coma. He had coded twice earlier in the week but seemed to be getting stronger as the days went by, though he still remained in the ICU.
Emilia hated the ICU. She hated everything about it-the smell, the sounds, and even the whiteness of it. It reminded her of the time she was young and her mother was losing her battle with cancer. She would sit in the room with her, listening to the beeps that indicated that her mother was still alive. The day when those machines stopped was the day she developed her hate for hospitals.
It was the same with Adam. She sat watching the beeps, just to remind herself that he was still alive. Only one person could stay with him at a time, and because she was not officially introduced to Marjori
