Unheard Confessions

Vance

“Talk to him. It’s good for him to hear some language—keeps the brain active.”

The doctor’s words still linger in the back of my mind as I stand in my brother’s bedroom, looking down at him. He’s laying in his bed, still unconscious.

I hate seeing him like this. The tubes, the IV, the sound of the machines… It’s all in such stark contrast to the warm mahogany wood and plush blankets. Some