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Chapter 22: More explanations...
Three days later:
Dra. Kelly was in Luka’s room on the ICU with Abby, Susan and Carter… they were going to start to take of his sedation now… the doctor was injecting some fentanyl and dormonid to make him come back… they had to do it slow, though…
They had another CAT scan today and was normal as the first one…
‘Well, now we just have to wait and see… he should wake up slowly…’ said Dra. Kelly.
‘Ok…’ said Abby.
‘You know that Luka was very lucky not to have brain damage…’ said the neurologist. ’But, this doesn’t mean he didn’t have other sequelae, Abby…’
‘Yes, I know…’ said Abby, noticing she was crying softly, when a tear rolled down her face.
‘I just want you to be prepared…’ said Dra. Kelly, putting a hand on Abby’ shoulder.
‘Believe me, I am prepared…’ Abby said, drying her tears. ‘I have to be strong for him…’
‘Ok…’ said Dra. Kelly. ‘If you have any doubts, I’ll be on neurology…’
With this, she exited the room letting Abby, Susan and Carter with Luka…
‘Is his family here?’ asked Carter.
‘Yeah…’Abby said, picking up Luka’s hand. ‘They went with my parents to the cafeteria, but… I’m glad… I don’t think I could deal with the questions now…’
‘It’s better that only we were here….’ said Susan.
Abby nodded.
‘It will be a game of waiting then…’ said Carter.
‘Yeah…’ said Abby, passing her hand on Luka’s hair…
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Later, Niko and his wife stood on Luka’s room, so Abby could go and eat something… after, when she came back, she looked over to her family and friends… then she decided it was a good time to know more about Luka’s past… if he asked her:
‘Josef?’ she called.
He looked at her from where he was sitting…
‘Can you come with me for a moment?’ asked Abby.
He excused himself in Croatian and got up from his chair, walking towards her…
‘I want to know more about Luka’s past… can you tell me?’ she asked.
He sighed and looking to the floor, nodded… they walked to some seats that were more tranquil and sat…
‘How did he meet his grandfather?’ she asked.
‘Dušan and I ‘was’… friends….spent ou… childh…childh…’ he started.
‘Childhood… said Abby.
Josef nodded.
‘When ‘she’ left… it was… hard…’ he said. ‘After Luka ‘is’ born, Boris… Dušan father…’know’ about ‘her’ and didn’t want to get away… from us... you know? Our families… ‘are’ united… in that… time…
Abby nodded, understanding more or less what the older Kovac was saying…
‘And when Luka discovered that he was his grandfather?’ she asked.
‘Luka was… five…’ Josef said and Abby nodded. ‘Boris ‘tell’ ‘her’… Luka only… to call him djed…’
‘And on that time, Luka knew about this?’ she asked. ‘I mean… he knew what the word meant?’
Josef nodded…
‘And he never asked?’ asked Abby, now intrigued… ‘Niko and he didn’t have grandparents anymore…’
‘Luka, yes…’ Josef said. ‘’Once’ he asked, but I think…deeper down… he knew… I didn’t say anything to ‘her’… but… ‘she’ thought… curious… this…
‘And what about Niko?’ Abby asked.
‘Just ‘know’ today…’ said Josef. ‘Never’ ask’…
Abby nodded.
This story was so fantastic, but at least she knew…
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