It has been four days since Daniel woke up in hospital and Alex hasn’t left his side. The first thing that she had done upon arriving home was to check on him; she had been so anxious to get the chance to sit with him again that she couldn’t wait for him to wake up.

And as it turned out, Daniel had been awake for most of the night after being rushed into surgery. He managed to fall asleep again shortly after they returned home, and although he had woken up briefly, Alex couldn’t find it within herself to leave his side.

The two of them had spent the entire...