*Alistair*

‘My wife is in a coma...’ Alistair thought blankly to himself.

It seemed like the room and everything else in it was melting away when he’d first heard the nurse speak. A huge part of him didn’t want to believe it. It was as though he had awakened into a complete nightmare.

‘She’s not dead.’ This was the new mantra, Alistair continued to cycle through his head. Daphne’s not dead. She’s just asleep. She’s not ...