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41 - Pain

He can't die. He can't die.

I repeated the same sentence over and over in my head as I paced in circles around the hospital reception. My hands were covered in dried blood; I couldn't even wash them. I was so anxious and afraid of the worst happening that I only wished for good news about Joshua.

"Alice!"

Betty hurried towards me and hugged me.

"I came as soon as I got your call. Joshua's parents are on their way," she said, breaking the embrace. "What happened?"

I tried to calm myself to explain what had happened.

"Joshua received a call from Madelyn's sister. She said she was going to take her own life. But it was just a way to lure us to her. And when we got there..." I felt a lump in my throat. "She wanted to kill me. But Joshua took the bullet for me." I broke down in tears again. "It's my fault."

Betty hugged me again.

"It's not your fault."

"Of course it is. If I had stayed in the apartment, like he asked... He wouldn't have taken a bullet. So, it is my fault."

Betty
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