I Woke After 11 Days and Found My 9-Year-Old Grandson Asleep Beside My Hospital Bed—Then He Whispered, “Pretend You’re Still in a Coma”
Walter smiled for the first time all day.
Arthur kissed the top of my head.
Then listened.
No jokes after that.
When I finished, he took off his glasses.
“First problem.”
he said.
“The thirty-eight thousand.”