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I’m still sitting in the hallway when my phone rings. I pull it out and see Rob’s name flash across the screen.
“I have to take this. I’ll be right back,” I tell sander, standing with my ringing phone in my hand.
“I’ll let you know if she asks for you,” he says, and I nod in thanks before walking toward the waiting room.
“Hey, what’s up?” I ask, glancing back down the hallway to where Sander remains seated.
“Bodhi, do you have a minute?” he asks, a note of excitement in his voice.
“Yeah, I’m at the hospital. Keaton woke up today,” I tell him, my own excitement audible.
“That’s great, son. Really wonderful. How is she?” he asks, and I smile to myself, knowing that Thompson wouldn’t have cared at all, just rambled on with his reason for calling and ignored everything else.
“I haven’t been in to see her yet, but the doctor says everything looks good.”
“Well, I’ll make this fast then so that you can get back to her. I talked to my attorney and had him look over all the paperwork, and the short of it is that with a few signatures, the house is yours,” he says.
“Wow, that easy, huh?”
“It would seem so. They’ll give you the keys the same day.”
This is great news. I can’t wait to let mom know. The possibility of moving her parents back home will definitely keep her moving in the right direction.
“If you let me know when, I can set it all up for you,” he offers.
I know it needs to be done soon, but I don’t want to leave now that I know Keaton is awake.
“Let me figure out what the next twenty-four hours are going to look like, and I’ll let you know,” I chuckle.
“Sounds good,” he laughs.
Everything feels like it’s falling back into place after days of endless chaos, and honestly, I’m kind of waiting for the other shoe to drop.
“Let me know if you need anything before then, okay?” he says.
“Actually,” I say, the thought just coming to me. “Can you look into what all needs to be done to move Nana and Pops back home?”
“Yeah, absolutely,” he says, zero hesitation.
With that, we say our goodbyes. I’m excited to start finally moving the pieces of this crazy world back into place. A place where everything makes more sense.
“Hey, Bodhi,” I turn when I hear Sander calling me from down the hall.
“Yeah?”
“She’s asking for you.”
Chapter 79
I knock on the closed door to Keaton's hospital room. Regina greets me, smiling happily, eyes still wet with thankful tears.
"She's ready to see you, Bodhi."
She pulls the door back and allows me to step inside, exiting behind me and drawing the door shut with a quiet snick.
As I enter the room, I see Keaton lying in the hospital bed, her eyes closed. The room is quiet except for the rhythmic beeping of the heart monitor. I take a deep breath and approach her, moving to stand at the side of her bed.
