The noise from the monitor wasn’t particularly loud, but I knew from experience that there was a corresponding beep at the nurses’ station. I figured we had about a minute before we were all going to get thrown out of Jessica’s hospital room. Tyler dropped Hannah’s hand and she in turn dropped Jessica’s hand. She probably thought that she’d caused the beeping and maybe she had. The tremors in Jessica’s body were something I’d seen happen on Sunday, nothing unusual, the nurse had said, though Jessica’s parents were hopeful it meant she was waking up. Maybe this time it did mean that. “Crap. What do we do?” “The nurse will come,” I answered. Both Tyler and Hannah seemed spooked. I wondered what it had felt like for Hannah when Tyler touched her. My jealous bones trembled, but I kept my anger veiled. “Jessica’s gone. I don’t feel her.” Hannah sank into a chair.
