It had been a grueling six days since he had last heard her voice and looked into her beautiful eyes. The slow pace at which things were changing seemed unbearable to him. As he stared at her closed eyes, he yearned for them to open, even for just a moment, to give him a glimmer of hope. He called the doctor to confirm her continued existence, which provided some brief relief, but he couldn't shake the worry that she still hadn't awakened.

Carson had been assisting Kurt in managing the ...