Angie woke to the steady beep-beep of the monitor beside her hospital bed. She did not at first know where she was. The world slowly came into focus and she recognized the familiar figure of her sister Shalya, beside her bed.

“Angie, are you ok?”

Shayla looked as lovely as ever as the afternoon light filtered in from the wide window.

‘I don’t know. I-”

‘-Angie, it was only a bee.”

“In Alaska? But the car accident. How bad is it? Where’s Bradley? Bruno?”

“You were stung by a bee two days ago and you have been in anaphylactic shock, in this bed. You know you are allergic.”

“But…the environmental group and the chase, and the car accident…,” Angie was confused.

“You’ve been unconscious, probably dreaming all kinds of things. What are you talking about sweetheart?”

“Please don’t leave me any more Shayla..”

“I have been right here.”

“But I went to find you.”

“Angie, I know I don’t have the best track in the past. I know I have run off in the past. But I am here with you. I don’t just run away anymore...you need to trust me.” She squeezed Angie’s hand and smiled. “I love you baby sis.”

“Promise?”

“Promise.”