Captain Stottlemeyer looks at one nurse in complete shock and says, "Why didn't you have him strapped down!?"

The nurse, who appears to be completely surprised as well, says, "We've never had that happen before. Most people wouldn't be able to bear the pain."

"Well, he's lived in constant pain for the last ten years. I guess he's gotten use to it." says Stottlemeyer as he looks down and sees Adrian's blood on his shirt.

Sharona runs in to the Captain's arms. "What did he say?" she asks scared and worried

"He was asking 'Where is she?', then he said, 'Tell me she isn't dead. I can't lose her too. I can't go through that again. Where is she?' and then when you walked in he said, 'Sharona, your alive.' and then he fell and was out again." said Stottlemeyer as Sharona listened intently.

"I shouldn't have left." said Sharona now sitting down and crying harder than ever.

Natalie stops a nurse and asks, "Listen, is there anyway that we can go to his room and just wait for him to wake up in there?"

The nurse looks at Natalie with a worried look, "We're not suppose to, but let me ask my supervisor?"

Randy is holding Sharona as she continues to sob uncontrollably

Stottlemeyer walks up to Natalie, "So did you know anything about Monk and Sharona being together?" he asks as he looks at Sharona

"Yeah, I don't think that I realized how important that was though, until now." said Natalie as she looked over at Sharona.

"The group for Adrian Monk, could you follow me this way." says the nurse that Natalie had talked to just before.

Everyone gathers around the nurse. "He's fine, we got him back in bed. He's lucky that he didn't rip out any stitches. The doctor has said that he will allow you to wait in his room for him to wake up, but please don't touch anything." Everyone followed her to the room.

"Randy, did you call Ambrose?" asked Captain Stottlemeyer as they entered the room.

"Yeah he should be here any moment, I had a police officer pick him up earlier." said Disher.

"He's leaving his house?" asked Natalie a little surprised.

"Yeah, he said that he wanted to be here when Monk wakes up." said Disher, he had been surprised that Ambrose was leaving the house too.

As the door opens everyone looks to see Ambrose come into the room. "I haven't missed anything have I?" asks Ambrose, "He hasn't woken up yet, right?"

"No," says Captain Stottlemeyer deciding it would be best to leave out that Adrian woke up for about five minutes and scared the living hell out of him.

Ambrose made his way to sit on the couch in the room next to Natalie and Randy. As he started talking to Natalie. Stottlemeyer sat down in a chair at the end of the bed, while Sharona pulled a chair over to the bed and held Adrian's hand.

The hours seemed to drag by, but finally at 7:35 Sharona saw Adrian's eyes slowly open.

"He's awake!" she said with happiness in her voice she hadn't even heard in years

"Sharona," said Adrian as he pulled her toward him and kissed her. 'Her lips feel so right.' he thought as he kissed her even more passionately. Adrian let go of her as he's arm began to ache to the point he couldn't ignore it anymore. Adrian was smiling from ear to ear. "Sharona, I love you, so much, I'm sorry I didn't tell you sooner." he said.

Sharona was smiling too, "I always knew Adrian. It's okay, we're all just happy to see you awake." said Sharona thankful to hear his voice again.

Adrian suddenly became aware of everyone else in the room as he went from pale to dark red. He looked around as everyone smiled in surprise that Adrian would kiss Sharona in front of them. Adrian's eyes seemed to be playing tricks on him, he would swear that he saw Ambrose. Unsure of what he was seeing was true he asked, "Ambrose, is that you?"

"Hi Adrian," said Ambrose as he walked toward Adrian, and Sharona got up to let Ambrose sit. "I wanted to be here when you woke up."

Adrian smiles widely again and asks, "You...wanted to be here?"

"I wanted to be here for you, Adrian." says Ambrose

Adrian halfway giggles and says, "Thanks, that means a lot Ambrose."

"How you doing, Monk?" asks Stottlemeyer as he walks up to Adrian's bed side.

"I've been better," says Adrian honestly, then he looks at Sharona, "but I think I'm going to be alright." he finishes as he looks back at Stottlemeyer and smiles.

"I see that." says Stottlemeyer smiling as he bends down and hugs Adrian gently.

Natalie slowly walks over to the left side of Adrian's bed. "Natalie, thank you so much for calling the Captain, I don't know what we would have done if you weren't there." said Adrian with a sincerity in his eyes

Natalie gave a little smile and says, "Anytime Mr. Monk. But you have to promise me you that you wont ever scare me like that again."

Adrian smiles and says, "I promise." to Natalie. Then turns he's head toward Randy.

Randy searches his head for the right thing to say and finally goes with, "I was worried about you. I'm glad to see you're okay, Mr. Monk."

Adrian still smiling says, "Thanks, hey by the way, what happened with the Robert Perkins case."

"Jenny Watson told us everything, you were right, it was the boyfriend." says Disher beaming.

"And what happened to Trever?" asked Adrian, hoping he didn't get killed. Even though Trever had shot him, he didn't want Trever dead, that would hurt Benjy.

"He got shot in the shoulder, he's in the prisons hospital now. He's being charged with attempted murder." said Disher with confidence as if he was reporting to the Captain. "It turns out that he had a rich Uncle that died about 4 years ago that left a large sum of money to Benjy. Benjy isn't suppose to inherit it until he turns 16 though, which is in about 2 months."

"So that's why he came back. I knew he was after something. That sorry bastard never wanted custody of Benjy before." said Sharona sad, but finally happy to have some answers.