Hallick’s POV Noah is released from the hospital and his care handed over to the care centre in North Carolina three weeks later. We all turn up at the hospital to say goodbye as he’s wheeled out of the doors by an orderly toward a waiting ambulance. A cheer rises from everyone as he appears, and the jock laughs heartily, waving to them all like a celebrity as Seona and his mother fuss around him whilst the ambulance crew take the gurney, and wheel him toward the back of the vehicle. ‘Bye Noah!’ Little Robyn screams loudly from beside her mother who is off work today. She rushes forward, a helium balloon clutched in her hand that declares ‘Happy Retirement’ and shoves it in his hand before skipping back to her mother’s side and turning to wave frantically as Noah gives Abbey a confused