"Why are we heading to the hospital?" Michael asked.

Eliana couldn't contain her excitement. "Mark's come out of his coma, and we're going to see him."

Michael obeyed without hesitation, turning the car around.

In the back seat, Hope peeked up at her mother. "Mommy, are we going to see Uncle Marcus?"

Hope used to call him Daddy Marcus, but then Samuel told her she couldn't do that anymore and asked her to call Marcus her uncle. She still ...