Novel1"She's Sophia," Brandon finally spoke up, breaking the stunned silence that had enveloped Kent. "Sophia took a nasty fall, hit her head, and lost all memory of her past life." Kent's brain short-circuited for a split second, and he could only echo one thought, "She's Sophia." It's actually Sophia! She's alive! Sophia is actually still alive! She's really, truly alive! A tidal wave of joy instantly swept over him.
Kent suddenly felt his eyes well up, and in utter disbelief, he choked out to Sophia, "You're alive, you're really alive, and that's... that's just amazing..." His words trailed off into a garbled mess as his throat tightened and his nose began to sting uncontrollably.
He had never entertained the possibility that Sophia coulde back from the dead.
The incident was ancient history by now. She had fallen into the river from such a height, on a frigid winter night, her head cracked open. Police and rescue teams had dredged the river tand again, a billion-dollar bounty couldn't turn up a trace of Sophia, and now they'd found a body in the sea that could be hers. He dared not even dream of her survival.
He never imagined that in his lifetime, he'd see Sophia again—a living, breathing Sophia.
Perhaps it was witnessing the agony Brandon, Theresa, and Susan had endured without Sophia these past few months that made the shock of seeing her alive and well all the more overwhelming. The disbelief mingled with joy made his throat clench tighter, and his eyes reddened even more.
Sophia herself seemed touched by Kent's raw emotion.
Even though she still felt he was a stranger, the shock and sincerity he showed upon seeing her sparked a warm feeling inside her. Encouraged by this warmth, Sophia couldn't help but offer him a small smile.
This smile was a shade more personal than her earlier polite confusion.
Kent couldn't help but beam back at Sophia.
"Wee home, Ms. Yearwood!" he said.
His voice was still hoarse, and there was a twinkle of tears in his eyes, but the smile on his lips and the light in his gaze were genuine.
"Thank you," Sophia replied with a smile, ing home" still felt foreign to her, but Kent's reaction upon seeing her made the past Sophia, the one Brandon spoke of, seem a bit more real.
At this point, Kent couldn't care less about anything else; he was bursting to spread the good news to everyone.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmHe knew Brandon hadn't gotten around to it yet.
His heart and mind were overflowing with Sophia.
el.ne From the moment he saw her, through her fainting and being taken to the hospital, Brandon must have been preoccupied with her check-ups and consulting doctors about her condition. He wouldn't have had a moment to spare to tell the others that Sophia was alive.
"You guys probably haven't eaten yet, right? I'll go grab sdinner for us," Kent said. "And, by the way..." He paused, looking at Brandon for confirmation.
Brandon nodded slightly, "Go ahead, you handle that." "Alright, cool!"Kent said cheerily, then turned to Sophia, "Ms. Yearwood, you get srest. I'll go order sfood. You and Mr.
Crawley catch up, I'm just ont the moon, so I'll leave you two befor now." "You can stay, it's okay, I'm not hungry yet. Sophia said instinctively. She wasn't quitefortable being alone with l Brandon just yet; having another person in the room made things feel less intense. But Kent, as if he hadn't heard, waved goodbye to her, "No worries, you two chat." With that, he left the room without waiting for a response from Sophia, even gently closing the door behind him. Sophia: "..." As soon as Kent stepped out of the room, he couldn't wait to pull out his phone and dial Susan.
"Where are you at?" [Next chapter at midnight; also, I've merged a 1600-word internal monologue of Kent's into the previous chapter, so if you feel there's a disconnect, feel free to look back.]
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