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KATHERINE

“I didn’t break a bone, did I?”

Imagine an emergency your brother fell from the staircase and lost his consciousness but coming in, the first thing you heard him ask was whether or not he broke a bone. I tried not to let him see how pissed I am but, how could he be so careless?

“You ain’t thankful you got to wake up after the accident. All you’re concerned about is if you broke a bone. Do you know even how scared I was?” I asked, and inwardly facepalmed myself. Looking back at him, I scoffed with annoyance dripping off my words, “And yes, you broke many bones, not just one.”

“Crap!” He almost jumped out of the bed over the false revelation and seeing everything was alright with me, he looked pointedly at me and all I did was sigh.

I was scared. I can’t remember the kind of flight I took here but even in my state, I ran incredibly fast… which is dangerous and could have gotten Derek mad if he was there to witness it.

All in one, I’m grateful he’s alive.

Just baffled over