ch. 76 | RETURN OF THE ROOT

Many people believe that the waiting room is the scariest room we can stay in.

We'll feel unsettled, rushed, panicked, dreadful, terrified, frightened, trepidation, glum, and many more. Simply because we are waiting for a patient that is on the verge of death, not knowing how to feel, not knowing what to do except wait, wait, and wait while our hearts beat erratically.

This is exactly how they feel, especially Zacharias Craig.

These plain white empty walls can't signify the circumstances occurring at this moment, let alone his emotions that are now scattered on the ground. The ticking clock can't tell the time to the significant awaited moment.

"How long will it still take?" Zacharias asked, and it was the same question he had been asking repeatedly... but he was only asking it in his mind.

"No updates from the doctors yet," Toshiro informed him as if on cue when he walked inside the waiting room.

Zacharias' chest tightened with each passing second, making it difficult to breathe, yet