Dominico My hands circled round my wife’s body. How long has it been since I hugged her? Touched her? Felt her this close to me? She squeezed me hard that I bit back a wince when she pressed into my wound. Zadok noticed my pain so he spoke up on my behalf. “Take it easy on the young man, he just woke up after sleeping for so long and I think you’re pressing into his wound.” She pulled back immediately and I glared at Zadok. “I’m sorry… I didn’t know I was pressing into your wound…. I mean…I missed you…and…” she wiped the excessive tears that kept rolling down her cheeks. “We should call the doctor.” Her frantic eyes scanned the room. “Zadok quickly…go get the doctor… tell him..” I shut her up with a kiss. At first, she was hesitant, perhaps too scared to press into my wound but when