Chris shook his head, "Wife's been in a car accident.  It's pretty bad, the doctor isn't certain that she'll wake up again."  He looked down at his coffee cup at the steaming black brew.  Chris was still a roiling mass of confusioin when he felt a leg brush against his.  He looked under the table to see who it was.  Chris supposed he shouldn't really have been surprised.  "I'm not sure Tina.  Maybe it's because it's the shock, but I don't really feel anything at the moment.  I mean I feel just hollow.."  Chris smiled wryly at Tina before taking a sip from his cup.<br/><br/>~~~<br/><br/>Simon gently massaged her hand in his.  It was warm but had that odd chill to it and he tried to rub it out of her.  "You know, I was thinking.  If we were to run off and leave anything behind.  Where would you like to go?  Someone where in the United States?  Chicago...New York...Los Angeles?"  He smiled, "Or maybe we could do something reallly risky and leave the country all together.  How about that for a fresh start.  Imagine both of us, wandering the streets of Paris...."  He tried to stay upbeat in front of April.  Simon wished that life was really simple enough that he could just command her out of the coma.  It would make the ache in his soul hurt a lot less.