Us Against All Odds (En)

The fifth week

Silence is pure. Silence is sacred. It brings people together because only those who are good with each other can remain so without saying a word. This is the great paradox.

Nicholas Sparks

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- "Carina, don't you want to go home to sleep?"

- "at my house?" She asked Amelia. "Home is where Maya is, it's her home, I don't see myself going, to that apartment where everything reminds me of her, where there are her pictures, her things, her smell and... Not her" Carina started to cry again. She was at the end of her rope. There had been no improvement in her fiancée's condition for two weeks and the more time passed the more she knew that the chances of finding her Maya were minimal.

You know, Carina, the longer she stays in a coma, the more likely it is that she will have after-effects.

-"I know, but this is the woman of my life we're talking about, I won't give her up."

Maya had suffered a concussion, several broken ribs, a broken cheekbone, a broken leg and a broken wrist. Dr. Avery had managed to work miracles on her face, the scars were really minimal on the captain's cheekbone and were hardly noticeable, the black eye and swollen eye that went with it either. She had pins in her leg that had been broken in several places and screws in her wrist. She would need rehabilitation if she ever woke up.

- "I'm sorry..."

- "If you want I still have an apartment that belonged to Derek and it's not rented right now, I can keep it for you"

- "that's nice Amelia I'll think about it"

- "and if you need to talk I'm here too. I'm not just your fiancée's neurosurgeon, I'm also first and foremost your friend."

- "thank you"

- "would you like to come for a drink tonight with Teddy, Taryn and me? It's been a while... They reopened Joe's a month ago and we miss you."

- "but what if..."

-"Carina if anything happens I'll be the first to know, the hospital is practically across the street from the bar, we'll be there in no time."

- "ok"

- "promised?"

- "I'll think about it"

- "DeLuca..."

- "ok, ok, I promise I'll come"

- "I'll come and pull you out of that chair myself, if you don't"

- "no I promised"

-"and you don't want to go home and sleep... Somewhere else tonight? Come to my place if you want"

- "You're asking a lot of me right now, maybe not all in one night... I don't want her to think I'm abandoning her..."

- "Carina, she... She can hear but... She may not be aware of what you are saying to her."

- "she sometimes reacts, her body reacts..."

- "it may be due to spasms... I'm not trying to undermine your morale, but Carina I don't want to give you false hope either."

-"I tell her our story"

- "I just hope you're not wasting your time"

- "it's Maya, it will never be wasted time!"

- "excuse me, I misspoke, I was saying that in the sense that if she... Has after-effects... And then, we are not really sure, that she can interpret everything we say to her".