Wishing for Sunshine [the sequel]

Chapter 5

Danny POV

In and out. Back and forth. In and out. Coming and going. I carefully watch the nurses, doctors, visitors, and other hospital staff that go near where Emily is staying.

I periodically go and check the visitor log that's at the nurses station. When I'm awake and sitting in the waiting room I try to see if anyone new or unfamiliar passes through those doors. When one does I question the nurse on duty about it.

It's crazy but ever since I thought about if Emily is the target I've become paranoid or should I say more observant and protective.

The thing is coming after me would destroy my family, but I do have other siblings to take over and keep my dad's company up and running for generations and years to come. So could I be a target?

But what I've realized is that Emily has to be the target. It's simple she's the one that can break or ruin me and the dynamics of myself and my family.

I sound crazy but what happened to her was too planned to be a random drive by. In fact the location we were in is to high risk and honestly is a safe place in the city. There is no reason for it to have happened.

As I sit and wait for my turn to see Emily I hear a familiar voice speak to me.

"Dan, any news?" Jacob says as he sits down next to me.

I rub my eyes and yawn from exhaustion. This all of this that's going on is more exhausting than pulling all nighters back in college.

I let out a long breath. "No. There's nothing. There's no change and I just want answers." I tell him as I start to worry about all the what ifs in life and about Emily's recovery.

"Hey, no change means she's still stable and still recovering properly." He tells me as he pats me on the shoulder. Jacob will always the optimistic one.

"Yeah but it also means I'm no where close to having her back. Having her awake and smiling at me once again."

Jacob doesn't get it. This waiting game is overrated. Yeah he played it when his wife was going to have a baby. But!!!! I'm playing the game to see if my wife wakes up and if she lives, oh and let's not forget she's also controlling two innocent lives inside of her. My waiting game is more intense and I'm tried of it already.

"Dan, I know she'll be okay, heck Em is a fighter."

Emily is a fighter. Heck, she stood up and defended me when I was a total jerk to not only her but also to her friends. She has survived for so long raising not only herself but her little brother without charity. She has proved to the world that excuses are obsolete when action is the key.

"Yeah I know she is, but Jacob I'm still scared to death." I tell him as I try to calm my breathing.

"Danny, I know you are and its okay to be." Jacob tells me and for once it felt good to not pretend and just express my true emotions without being judged.

I look around and notice that two people are missing in the waiting room. "Jacob, where's Ava and the little one?"

"Ohhh yeah well honestly the hospital is not the safest place for little Louie, especially in the emergency and ICU areas. So, Ava stayed home with her and made me the official messenger for today."

I forget that babies and older people have a better chance of contracting germs and illnesses than most other people. It's crazy that I'll soon be thinking like Jacob, simply because I'm going to be a dad to not one but two kids.

"Jacob?"

"Yeah?"

"How are you so calm and almost happy looking?" I asked him. He's sitting here with small barely there smile and I'm here about to break down again with all that's going on.