"So you're awake. Do you ... remember anything, dear?" She was pointedly ignoring the fact that Gabriel was also in the bed with them. Heidi shifted her fingers through her own hair once more and then sighed, reaching forward to brush her hand down her son's cheek gently.
It was important to know how much he remembered. If she had to explain to him again that she and his father weren't seeing each other anymore ... well, she'd explode. Possibly literally.