An Inch Of Infinity (Short Version)

CHAPTER 41~Searching

  Coral stagers back. I gawk. Is it true? Could it really be? And where is the father, Tyler? Did he know that there was going to be a kid and just leave? Was he scared that he might not be a good father and left in shame? Did he leave for no particular reason, and planned on coming back? Did something happen to him? Did he know that Lilly was pregnant? If he did know, how did he know? Why would he just up and leave her?

I have so many questions and no answers. We have to find Tyler. I tell Coral this and we come up with a plan. We run to get all of Tyler's friends, and say he is alive, most don't believe us, but some come with us. Then we look for Lilly's friends, but after an hour or so we give up. Then we get Faith, Emma, and Kadek.

We are going to search the island until we find him. Kadek knows where we could hide, and more importantly, where Tyler can hide. He will not escape us. He has some questions to answer and Lilly to face.

We spread out and searched all day. Some more people help us look when our small search party passes by them. We walked the length of the island three times before Kadek took us to his 4 different hiding spots. On the second try, we find him. Tyler is passed out in a tree of flowers. A wilted flower bokay in his hands. We pull him down, gently. A young man puts his hand to his neck, changing position a few times. Tyler better be alive, how can I kill him if he's already dead? I look at the bokay of flowers.

A wave of guilt washes over me. I feel so bad that we never even thought that he might be doing something nice for Lilly. The man steps back.

   "He has a pulse, but it's very weak. He might not have lasted another hour if we hadn't found him." He says gravely.

We all work together to carry him back without hitting him against a tree or dropping him. We soon get to the camp and he is rushed onto a boat for medical treatment. The boats are for dire situations.

I found Lilly in the corner of our old boat. I sit down beside her and place the flowers on her lap. As if she hadn't seen me before, she snaps to attention. Her eyes are red and puffy, and she is trembling.

"He didn't leave you. We found him passed out from picking those." I say motioning to the flowers. She burst out crying.

"He. Left. On. My. Birthday. I. Told. Him. That these were my, favorites." She sobs. She's hyperventilating. I passed her a pass.

" They let me have this, so you can go visit him. You need to see him, it might get him better. I only have to ask you one thing," I say. She looks up. "You can't tell him about the baby. He already has an unstable heart. This will set him off. Just wait to tell him, I know it's a lot to ask to keep secret, but it could kill him if you tell him now. O.K.? Just wait until he's better." I instruct and she nods emptyly. I know she wasn't really paying any attention.

"Lilly! YOU COULD KILL TYLER IF YOU TELL HIM ABOUT THE BABY!" I exclaim. She looks confused and I repeat myself.

"You can't tell him about the baby. He already has an unstable heart. This will set him off. Just wait to tell him, I know it's a lot to ask to keep secret, but it could kill him if you tell him now. O.K.? Just wait until he's better." I instruct. This time she listens to me.

Just then Kadek runs into the room. He is wearing a big smile.

"KAMI DITEMUKAN DIA! KAMI DITEMUKAN TYLER! HE'S ALIVE! BISA ANDA PERCAYA ITU Lilly? DOKTER BERPIKIR DIA AKAN MENJADI SEKALI!" he yells. A few seconds later his translator device kicks in and fixes what he said.

"WE FOUND HIM! WE FOUND TYLER! HE'S ALIVE! CAN YOU BELIEVE IT LILLY? THE DOCTORS THINK HE WILL BE O.K.!" His voice yells out. He doesn't look impressed by our so-called complex voice changing machine. 

Lilly silently takes the pass and follows Kadek into the hall. I walk behind them. The floorboards creak as we pass. We walk off of the boat, across a plank, down into another boat, and into a medical room. Tyler was hooked up to wires and tubes and was lying on a white hospital bed. His eyes were closed and his breathing was labored. I got a sick feeling in my stomach and didn't come closer.