Free In the Mind of Misty by Lisa Powell Page A

to tell him where to find her.
    Vince went and found Misty. And when he saw her, he stopped in his tracks. She was breath taking. He smiled and walked up to her. She turned and looked at him. She had on the same dress she had on that night they had their first encounter. He pulled her close and kissed her. He picked her up and carried her away just like he did that night. This night was exhilarating for both of them. After the events played out they lay in each other arms. Trying to collect themselves. Vince finally helped her to her feet and they got dressed.
    He swayed a little . “Are you okay Vince?”
    “ Yes just stood up to fast,” he smiled and kissed her. He has been intimate before. But with Misty, it was only those feelings that she could bring out in him. And they were overwhelming. They walked back into the party both smiling when Vince stopped.
    “ Vince are you sure you’re okay?” Misty asked again.
    “ Just a little dizzy,” he said. Then he started to fall. Misty started calling for help. Kimmy and Mark came rushing over. They called the ambulance Misty was in tears. Vince had her hand and wouldn’t let it go. The paramedics got there and stabilized him. They saw the scar on his chest, and then looked at Misty. They finally pried his hand from hers and took him away. Misty, Kimmy and Mark followed. Misty was a mess. When things finally settled they came and told them Vince was in ICU. Misty stood at the window looking in. Kimmy and Mark was with her.
    “ It’s my fault,” Misty said and she walked in. Misty went and sat by him he was awake. The nurse was there checking everything. Vince reached over and grabbed her hand.
    “ This is what it feels like to be loved to death,” he weakly said and smiled.
    “ You’re not funny Vince,” and Misty started to cry.
    Vince pulled her to him . “Shhh Misty I will be okay.”
    “ You could have died Vince. Only I could have killed her fantasy man,” she looked at him. The nurse just stood there listening and watching. She was watching the monitors.
    “ I wouldn’t have changed a thing Misty.”
    “ I should have never come back here Vince,” Misty softly said
    “ I don’t want you to leave me again Misty,” and he squeezed her hand.
    “ They won’t let me stay here with you,” Misty said as she looked at the nurse.
    Misty went to get up. And for some reason Vince ’s heart started to react. The monitors started going off. The nurse looked at Misty. “Sit Misty,” Misty sat and his heart rate came down. She looked at Misty. “You can stay,” said the nurse. Vince started to relax.
    They talked for a while longer. Misty put her head down. Vince put his hand on her shoulder and held her hand with the other. He wasn’t going to let her go.
    In the morning they had to do test on Vince. Misty went to Kimmys and got cleaned up. When she got back she waited and waited. It seemed it took them forever.
    They did all kinds of test on Vince. Everything seemed to be normal. They couldn ’t figure out why his heart did what it did. They did small stress test at first they didn’t want to overdo it. Then they started pushing him harder and harder. His heart was handling everything just fine. The doctors were puzzled. They took him back to his room and went and got Misty. When she walked in and Vince saw her it set the monitors off and the staff came running in. Vince looked fine but something was wrong. Misty started to freak out again. They made her leave. She waited some more as they did more test on him but still they couldn’t find anything wrong. They went and got her again and when she walked in the same thing happened. Everyone just looked at her then Vince. Vince seemed fine but he wasn’t
    “ I guess this is what a real heartache means,” he looked at her.
“Vince stop please, it’s me. I keep doing this,” she started to tear. The staff watched the monitors carefully.
    They noticed after Misty was there for a while Vince started