Hoosier Taboo?? Ch. 6 of 6: The Conclusion & Epilogue(REVISED).

TO THE READER: This is the final installment in the ‘Hoosier Taboo’ series. This one is not to disappoint. There’s also an epilogue that follows right after the story. If you haven’t read the first five chapters or don’t remember, go back to those first five before you read on. Please leave feedback in the comments below. Thanks….

CHAPTER SIX: THE CONCLUSION..

The soft, white light continued to go on for quite a while, and it feels like I’m floating in mid-air. But then, it seeme like I was beginning to come back to earth. The soft, white lignt I was staring at soon disappeared and I was starting to wake back up into reality. When I woke up, I noticed that the room I was in was very dark. The other thing I noticed was that I had tubes and needles all in me. But one thing was for sure, any injuries I must’ve sustained from the accident that my aunt and I were both in have been healed. But there was one question that stiil remained: With my injuries heeled up already, how long have I been out? That’s one of the many questions I would seek answers to.

After about several hours of doctors and nurses being at my bedside to check my vitals, my mom came in.

“Hi Cody honey,” she said.

“Hi…, m-mom..,” I said as I’m still trying to gasp for air. “Where am I?”

“You’re in the coma care unit here at the hospital,” she said. “You’ve been out for nearly 10 months now. It is now the middle of September.” At this point, I didn’t believe her at first. Then she continued, “Cody, a lot has happened while you were in a coma. But it’s best that we don’t discuss it right now. You need your strengh.”

“Can you at least give me some feedback about the accident that aunt Deena and I were involved in?” I asked her.

“Good news is that aunt Deena wasn’t seriously injured,” she said. Then she continued, “She was treated and then released.”

“What about the person who caused the wreck?” I ssked. “What did the initial investigation turn up?”

“Well,” she said, “witnesses described that a young lady fled the crash scene where both you and aunt Deena were hit.”

“So did they track her down?” I asked.

“Unfortunately, not yet,” she said. “Apparently, the car she was driving in was stolen when they ran the plates. So they’re not even sure who they’re looking for.” It was clear that this was a felony hit & run. But my mom said that they were able to get a make out on her. But still no luck. All they have was some blood and fingerprints that was in the car that hit me.

About a couple of weeks later after I came out, two detectives that were in charge of the accident investigation came in and asked me a few questions from my angle. But I really didn’t have a whole lot to discuss, because neither me or my aunt never even saw it coming. We had the green light, so we were within our right-of-way. Then the detectives left. As the weeks went by, I was able to improve little by little. It has now been five weeks since I woke up. Finally my mom, Darren, Dana and my aunt Deena all came in. Right away, I noticed something out of the ordinary.

“There’s something we need to tell you Cody,” my mom said. But first, she asked both Darren and Dana to step out of the room for several minutes.

“What is it that you two wanted to discuss with me?” I asked.

“Well, I got some good news and some sad news to tell you,” my mom said. “First off, you’re a father to a healthy, adorable, beautiful little girl. Congratulations.”

“Oh my god, seriously?” I said “I guess I carried out Jacob’s final wish, didn’t I?”

“It’s not what you think,” my mom said. Then aunt Deena chimes in, “It wasn’t Laura you got pregnant, it’s MY baby you’ve fathered Cody.”

“Well, what about Laura?” I asked.

“Well,” my mom said, “Laura did get pregnant about two months after that afternoon when you and aunt Deena went over to Jacob’s to watch the football game.”

“So who’s the father?” I asked.

“To be honest,” aunt Deena said, “it would’ve been your brother Darren’s.”

“What do you guys mean it would’ve BEEN Darren’s?” I asked. “What the hell are you two ladies talking about?”

“Well,” my mom said, “the sad news is that Laura died about five months ago. She died from complications following a miscarriage she had a week prior.”

“So Bethany is the only one left, I take it,” I said.

“Yes,” aunt Deena said, “Jacob died less than three weeks after our afternoon escapade with both of them.”

“So what’s going on with Bethany now?” I asked. Then my mom said, “That’s not our primary concern right now. But she’ll be alright though, I promise you.” But as my mom and my aunt finished talking, both Dana & Darren both came back in.

“Dana,” I said, “What’s been going on with you?”

“Well,” Dana replied, “the good news is that the tests they ran when I was having appendicitis, turned out not to be serious. They found that I was also having gall bladder issues, so I had both my appendix and my gall bladder removed in one procedure.”

“Oh,”said in relief, “so it was serious but they treated it quickly then, didn’t they? Did the recuperation have any affect on your classes?”

“Fortunatly, no,” Dana said. “Since I was so far ahead, all I really had to do was finish whatever I had left back home here. I was able to take my semester exams back home here as well and spend time here with you. Then I took the following semester off to help around the house.”

“So when do you think you’re going back?” I asked her.

“Well,” Dana said, “now that you’re improving, I’m gonna wait till after the new year. Then I’ll go back and finish my junior year.” Then I asked Darren, “And what about you?”

“Well,” Darren replied, “the semester that Dana took time off for, I only took maybe a couple of classes so I could also spend time here with you and help mom and aunt Deena out- especially now with aunt Deena’s baby.”

“As you can imagine son,” my mom said as she begins to sob emotionally, “all of us have been here with you and been pulling for you to wake up all this time.