Chapter 249

Tony Wakes from Coma

At the time Mary picked the call she said, “Excuse me, girls,” she excused herself to the dining room, puzzled for one bit, allowed her phone to ring twice more before taking a deep breath that would directly encourage her to pick the call; she had never been nervous like a puppy in a desert.

Grinning her face hugely she picked up the call finally.

“Hello darling,” the sonorous voice of Doctor Frank beamed from the other end. His voice was crisp and exact in tempo; it was filled with good news, she guessed. But would it be the news she wanted to hear or one she had been praying against.

Doctor Frank couldn’t hear her from the other end. Her voice neither sounded nor gave any sign of life, as though she was not happy to see his call.

“Hello, are you there, sweetie?” he inquired further. “Hello.”

She cleared her throat and hoped the happiness clouding his voice was not carrying the news she suspected because thought of it alone