Escapes and revelations

CHAPTER 144

BRIANNA’S POV

For a moment, I was bereft of words. I didn’t even know what to think or how to react. Her sudden change in character had swept me over like a tidal wave. It must have taken a lot for her to do this. To become like this.

“And Hermes?” I asked lowly, almost hesitantly with little hope that he might have changed too over the past few hours I had seen him.

The heavy sigh that escaped her nostrils hinted at a deep sorrow and frustration. At once, I already knew the answer.

“Hermes has turned into something I can’t recognize anymore. I think I have lost my brother,” she said and lowered her head in shame and defeat. “He was recently diagnosed with a brain tumour. It was late detection, so before we found it had already grown to the size of a tangerine at the base of his skull. The doctor said he had to undergo surgery which is due in a week. But he said he won’t come. He doesn’t pay attention to me or listen to what I say because I’m always pestering