Nick
Alaia looked at me when she heard me saying those words. She smiled like she used to when she was my wife and I told her that. With that smile, I knew what she was saying "I love you as well."
She removed her hand, stopped touching me, and closed her eyes again. I could only assimilate the moment and savored her lips on mine.
"Did she wake up?" the nurse asked as she walked in, looking at a chart.
"Yes, but she just fell asleep again," I replied.
"The sedative is still working; we'll wait for it to wear off, and you can leave in three or four hours."
"I need to bring my children; you can stay with her while I go back," I said.
"Okay, I'll wait here." She smiled as if she knew something I didn't.
"It's always nice to see a man worried about the woman he loves," she commented, a
