Till Death Do Us Part

The Shocking Truth

Chapter 7- The Shocking Truth

Percy looked so painfully pale as his mother sat there watching him. Sally Jackson sat in a corner of the room with a bleak expression on her face. Nothing was going to happen to Percy. She wouldn't let anything happen to him. She was holding on now with every ounce of strength she could give.

For a moment she turned her gaze to the nurse's face. The woman was watching Percy intently, but with no sign of alarm. He had been in a coma since the accident. Sally had gotten there instantly the moment the hospital called her. She had called a twenty-four-hour limousine service and had her driven up fast. But she would have walked if she had to. Nothing would have kept her from Percy's side; she had to be there to keep him alive. He was all she had now. The only one left from Poseidon, their son Percy⦠and the business was for him. She had done it all for him ⦠She married Paul Blofis when Percy was fourteen years old. She didn't have to but her father was worried. She had taken the toll of taking care of Percy all alone but the pressure of being the chairman of the Jackson Group, it would be too much. She would do everything for Percy and for the business. She could still remember that fateful day when her father learned about her pregnancy.

Jim Jackson was totally devastated. He believed Sally after she swore that never again will she see that football guy. And they got married without his knowledge. Sally was sent to another town, a cottage in a country side, away from the press and the glare of media. Uncle Dave came almost every day to check her out, to cheer her up while her father nursed the wound. Jim did not talk to her daughter for months. It was only Uncle Dave who was her connection to the outside world. But after the ultra sound reported that a baby boy will soon be born, the whole world changed. There is now a son in the family. The most awaited heir that will bring the family name Jackson to heights. It was the fulfilment of Jim Jackson long time dream. As soon as the news reached him, he sent for a private plane to pick up Sally. She stayed in the hospital, in a suite, until she gave birth, until Percy was born.

Jim Jackson was very ecstatic, the pain of the past having swept away by the little baby. But nothing can be compared to the joy Sally felt. He was everything Poseidon left her.

If her husband was alive, he would be very proud of him. He got the features and the handsomeness of his father.

A nurse entered the room and Sally went tense and forgot what she had been thinking. She stood up silently and quickly walked to the nurse's side. Whatever there was to see, she wanted to see it. But there was nothing. No change. The expressionless woman in white held his wrist for a moment and then mouthed the same words again. "No change." She motioned toward the corridor and Sally followed her outside. This time the woman's concern was not for Percy, but for his mother.

"Dr. Winfield told me to ask you to leave by five o'clock, Mrs. Blofis. And I'm afraid..." She looked menacingly at her watch, and then smiled apologetically. It was five fifteen. Sally had been at Percy's side for exactly twelve hours. She had sat there uninterrupted all day, with only two cups of coffee to keep her going. But she wasn't tired, she wasn't hungry, she wasn't anything. And she wasn't leaving.

As long as she sat there, Percy wouldn't die. The damage was mostly internal, but even Winfield felt he'd come out of the coma soon. Still, she wasn't taking any chances. There were tears in her eyes now as she stood staring blankly at the pale blue wall behind the nurse.

"Mrs. Blofis?" The woman gently touched her arm, and Sally was startled. "You ought to get some rest. Dr. Winfield set aside a room for you on the third floor."

"There's no need." She smiled blankly at the nurse and walked away toward the far end of the hall. The sun was still bright in the window there, and she sat carefully on the ledge. The hospital had already sent the best doctor to them. Medically, Percy had taken the worst of it. Nico was pretty badly broken up, but he was awake and alive, and his father had taken him home by ambulance this afternoon. He had a broken arm, a thigh, a foot, and a collar-bone, but he'd be alright. After a while, she stood up and went back to Percy's room.