"And I showed up from one of the worst days of my life," Jenny says easily, not seeing the need to give it any more weight than that. This isn't about her, after all, and she's come to terms with all of that in the way that involves trying not to think about it whenever possible. "So I guess it could go with anything. And yes, I'll go."

She's almost reluctant to leave the man's side after he reached out for her the way he did, something that seems unspeakably strange if he actually is in a coma, but she does so anyway, stepping out the door and peering down the hall, taking a few steps away from the room. "Hello, is there a doctor? I think we have a patient."