Editing CS5 & finding the very first scene extremely difficult to decide on with respect to pov & drama level. Gah!
We can't tell when she'll wake up, they'd said. Carefully omitting the possibility that 'when' included 'never'. Since then Zachary was beside her, watching her breathe. [...] He tried to think of what to tell Jessie and Zachy, but Eliza's next breath involuntarily locked up his mind. Experiment. Untested. No choice but to comply or be forced. He closed his eyes in pain. He didn't want his children grow up with that on their minds—
You have a higher opinion of our government than I.
Not any more.
We can't tell when she'll wake up, they'd said. Carefully omitting the possibility that 'when' included 'never'. Since then Zachary was beside her, watching her breathe. [...] He tried to think of what to tell Jessie and Zachy, but Eliza's next breath involuntarily locked up his mind. Experiment. Untested. No choice but to comply or be forced. He closed his eyes in pain. He didn't want his children grow up with that on their minds—
You have a higher opinion of our government than I.
Not any more.