"Alright bro, that's amazing. I'm so happy she's awake. Ha-ha, I think it's funny how she heard me say she'll be late for work. But if she's sleeping now we will not come. Plus, dad is sleeping now, and I want him to get some rest. We'll come early in the morning." Eyan replied to Alex's good news.
"See you guys tomorrow bro." He hung up the call and walked back to the bed. He stood beside her and tenderly stared at her.
He made sure he saw her chest rise and fall before he relaxed.
"You've made me the happiest man again, honey." He whispered and lightly caressed her cheek.
Alex was not able to sleep because he was overly enlivened and did not want to miss her when she woke up again. He left her bedside and went to sit at the table to finish the work he had undertaken the day before.
Working caused the time to pass by quick. He did not go back to sleep so when Eyan, Sanua and Wan Bai came, he was still reading and signing documents.
"Good morning son, did Dr. Sean say anything? How is she?" Wan Bai strode to where he sat when they entered the room.
"Good morning dad, and everyone. Dr. Sean will be here in an hour for her daily checkup. Hopefully, she's awake and he can tell us more. She woke up last night and didn't recognize we were in the hospital. She acted confused and fussed about being late for work. I did recall hearing bro say that before he left last night. That means she heard you, Eyan." Alex chatted with them, relieved that his soulmate was only sleeping a few feet away from him.
"So, she did remember Eyan and you?" Sanua asked him.
"Well, she did seem to remember, but we can't be certain because she was so confused." He replied a bit worried.
"Papa, you're here as well?" Everyone in the room heard a soft and raspy voice speak. They turned to the bed and found Wan Bai holding Zunnie's hand.
"Ah, my pumpkin did I wake you? Papa Bai only wanted to hold your hand for a little while." Mr. Bai answered her as tears slowly began trickling down his wrinkled face.
"Papa, are you crying? Bro and San? You guys are all here." She started again with the questions.
Noticing that she was awake, Alex hurriedly went to call the nurses while the others spoke to her. This time the nurses were accompanied by Dr. Sean.
"Bonjour, Mrs. Zi you're finally awake? Nice to finally meet you. I'm Dr. Sean and these here are my nursing assistants. We have been taking care of you."
"Hello Dr. Sean, assistants…" Zunnie replied softly enough so they could hear and flashed them a weak smile.
Whilst the doctor spoke to Alex the nurses made Zunnie sat Zunnie up in bed. He recalled to the doctor what had happened between Zunnie and him last night.
After getting informed Dr. Sean brought his attention back to Zunnie.
He checked her vitals then spoke;
"Do you know where you are Mrs. Zi?"
"Yes, hospital. May I please have some water? My throat hurts."
"That's good; Nurse can we get our lovely patient some warm water." Dr. Sean instructed the nurse as per Zunnie's request then continued questioning her.
"Mrs. Zi do you recognize everyone in this room and can you tell me how you know them?"
"Alright; This is my papa and only brother Eyan, my best friend San we've been friends since childhood and my husband Alex. You and your nursing assistants I only just met." She moved her eyes to every person as she pointed them out.
Everyone in the room chuckled to her last sentence.
"Ha-ha, that's wonderful. Thank you, Mrs. Zi. I'm asking these questions because you hurt your head badly in a car accident. Do you remember that night?"
"Um..." She paused before she continued.
"Go on honey it's okay…" Alex urged her.
She smiled for him then spoke;
"The last thing I remembered that night was getting hit from behind by a car. Alex was driving, and I was worried, but the car slowed down. We continued driving but after a few miles, we suddenly got bumped into violently. That's all I remember."
Everyone was quiet as she spoke and when she stopped everyone lost in their thoughts, happy she had not forgotten anything.
"Mrs. Zi let me say this, you are a very brave and lucky lady. You remembered everything which is amazing, and your supportive family has been here every day with you. I will let you get some rest now. Later we will come back to get a full body CT scan and run some other test. So, get plenty of rest."
Dr. Sean pulled the family outside the room to speak to them. Sanua opted to remain in the room with Zunnie.
"Your family is blessed really lucky. I really thought she would have memory some complications. It's a miracle she is able to remember you and everything until the accident. Do continue to monitor her and let us know if she shows any signs of memory loss, or other complications. She can only eat soft foods, for now, please feed her nutritiously."
"Thank you, Dr. Sean." They all replied in unison causing the doctor to smile.
After saying goodbye and thanking the doctor they stepped back into the room. The family was one again.
Alex was so glad she had remembered them, that he forgot to call his family to tell them of the good news. He dialed the home phone and informed them then walked back to her side, his heart overflowing with love as if a burden had been lifted from his shoulder.