When Caleb awoke again later that afternoon, Megan decided that she couldn't very well keep his family away from him, even if she wanted him all to herself.
"You’re okay with everyone coming in to see you?" she asked Caleb for the millionth time.
"If all else fails I'll fake a heart attack," he joked. Megan gave him a dirty look and vowed revenge for that remark when he was better.
The entire Thornton clan—Dave, Lisa, Mark, Harrison and Jubilee—along with Sara, James, Ruth, and a number of Caleb's fellow police officers, including Officer Gonzalez, had been sitting in the waiting room for hours now. When Lisa had heard the news, she'd driven straight to the hospital to demand to see her son, even though he'd been in surgery. She'd then questioned all of the doctors and nurses like she w
