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Seventy one: Dying
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2024-10-29 19:42:56My eyes were comprehensively set on Erin who laid like a dead human on the hospital bed. She had a ventilator connected to her nostrils, while the cardiogram was reading her heartbeat. As well, she was on drip, and had been taking it for a couple of hours. Though these things were helping her to survive, to me, it felt like nothing was changing. She had undergone the surgical operation, yet she hadn't woken up.
Was she going to survive?
Mom was feeling good already, and would probably get discharged in a few hours, same as my driver. But here was Erin, being so close to death.
I wiped off the tears on my cheek, sniffled. I didn't know what to do. To worsen all this, Seth hadn't returned yet. He had promised to be with me all through this, but for some reason, he vanished, and hadn't even bothered to call or text me. How upsetting was that?
I took a deep breath, and stood up. Turning
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I was so, so anxious. While the doctors had been trying to restore Erin's health, due to the loud wail from Louella, they had had no choice but to ask us to leave the room. And, that made me even more scared. Had she died, but they hadn't wanted us to know about it?I tightened my fist, closed my eyes.No.Not her.She didn't deserve to die.The door of the ICU opened, and the doctors and nurses started ambling out of the room. Immediately, not giving them a chance to take a breath, Louella hurried over to them, attacking them with questions.The doctor sighed. "Please, please, do calm down," the middle-aged man prompted. "The good news is, we've been able to restore her heart beat back to its normal form. Well, she is still in a coma state, but I can assure you that she'll recover in a few days or a few hours."
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Seth•••••••Everyone thought I was so strong. They didn't know that all I was trying to do was to make sure that everyone was okay. I was hiding my emotions. I was trying to be strong.After dropping Louella off at my place, I had decided to come to the club so I'd get myself drunk. I knew I shouldn't leave her alone at my place, knowing fully well that she would be worried, but seriously, I needed to get drunk. I needed to snap out of the real world. I was way too upset.In the last few days, I had been riding in a roller coaster of emotions. I wasn't ready to live with the reality that dad was dead. Although I knew he wasn't coming back, although I knew I should move on, I still kept being emotional. I wasn't even able to cry any longer. My tears seemed to have dried up.Parking my car in the parking lot of thi
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I sobbed. The pain I was feeling obviously wasn't as crazy as hers, but it felt like mine was worse. She gaped, groans leaving her mouth. Her lips quivered, quite obvious that she wanted to say something. Blood kept gushing out from the left side of her chest, as well as her mouth. Tears left her eyes, the gun dropping from her hand. Her body shook, seeming as if she'd lose her stability soon.I was shocked. Being shocked was an understatement.She was battling to live; battling to save herself.Alarmed, I cried, "Celina!" The moment I attempted to grip her arm, her body impelled backwards. Her legs tripped over each other, and like a weak mango tree, she fell off the cliff.Seeing that, my heart s
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BILLIONAIRES Eighty three: Up To Me
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Louella••••••••••Staring up at the hazy sky of the evening, seated on the small stool on the porch of this old beach house, I sighed hard. I felt a heavy pain in my chest, feeling the need to cough hard. I knew I was supposed to begin my treatments, but how would I do that when I wasn't willing to go back home?It had been days since I saw anyone. After I had left Seth, I had decided to come to this beach house. This was a place Dad, mom and I used to have a vacation, just before Jan and Becca had come into our lives. Though the place gave me bad memories, I really still liked coming here. It was always filled with serenity.I stared down at my shaky fingers, felt really bad for myself. I didn't know the decision to make. Was I really going to let myself die?In a few days, I would run out of food. I had had some money in my
