I believe you! I want that, too, and why not? My mind is fine, I’m all here or all there, I am dying to get out of here, and now that you know I am the same inside, you can tell the doctors and I can really get better.
Just then, Raccoon charged in with two security guards and one of them approached Tilly as if she was a hardened criminal, but she stopped him with her smile, and she stood on her tiptoes and raised her arms into the air.
“My sister!” she cried out. “My sister is here! Get Dr. Danforth! My sister is awake; she can hear and understand us! She’s out of the coma!”
Then she leaned over, threw her arms around me, and so did Newton, and we were all holding one another, and that was all that mattered, and I forgot all about the fact that Tilly came here to tell me something terrible.
YA TITLES BY LUANNE RICE
The Secret Language of Sisters
ALSO BY LUANNE RICE
The Lemon Orchard
Little Night
The Letters (with Joseph Monninger)
The Silver Boat
The Deep Blue Sea for Beginners
The Geometry of Sisters
Light of the Moon
What Matters Most
The Edge of Winter
Sandcastles
Summer of Roses
Summer’s Child
Silver Bells
Beach Girls
Dance with Me
The Perfect Summer
The Secret Hour
True Blue
Safe Harbor
Summer Light
Dream Country
Follow the Stars Home
Cloud Nine
Home Fires
Blue Moon
Secrets of Paris
Stone Heart
Crazy in Love
Angels All Over Town
Copyright © 2017 by Luanne Rice
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