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Veronica-Choking back my tears, I tried to be strong as I watched Andrew be taken through the double doors that led to the operating rooms. It pained me that I couldn’t follow him back there. I made sure to tell him that I loved him, and we said goodbye.He was adamant about telling each other goodbye because he was afraid I would regret it if he didn’t pull through the surgery. I had to keep reminding myself to be strong. No matter what, I needed to believe that this wasn’t goodbye for us.“Veronica!” Lyrek’s voice yelled my name as I turned to wait in the waiting room.I didn’t get a chance to turn on my own before he grabbed my arm and spun me around. Looking into his face, I could see he was in a panic. The last thing anyone needed right now was for him to be panicking over anything right now.“What is wrong?” I asked him while doing my best to keep my voice steady.“How do you feel about me?” He rushed out the words so fast that I couldn’t register what he was asking.“Huh?” I l
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Lyrek-“Hang more units of blood!” I yelled inside the operating room.I had just been about to close Andrew up, thinking that the surgery went smoothly. The moment I told everyone that we were out of the woods, his stats started bottoming out and there was way too much blood. Unless I could find the source of the bleeding, I didn’t know if I was going to be able to save him.I had felt confident up until this point, now I was blindly looking for what went wrong. There was so much blood that I couldn’t get a visual of what went wrong. I tried not to look at the machines because I knew I wasn’t going to like what I saw.“Damn it, get me more suction!” I yelled at the intern that was assisting.“There is too much blood.” The intern complained as he tried to get the blood out of my way.Using my tools, I wasn’t going to be able to find the bleeder. There was too much blood for me to see, which meant I was going to have to go in blind. Quickly passing my instruments to one of the scrub nu
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Veronica-What was I supposed to do now? During the time I had been waiting for Andrew to get out of surgery, I had tried to think of anything but the outcome. Lily had distracted me by talking about Lyrek, which caused me to think about him instead.As time passed, I started to think about what had happened before Lyrek went into surgery. The more I thought about it, the more I started to regret my words. I should have told him how I felt beforehand.Even though at the time I still was unsure about my feelings, I should have at least told him what was going through my mind. Even if I couldn’t tell him that I was in love with him, perhaps he would have understood that it was complicated for me. All of this was just a big misunderstanding.I had no one to blame but myself. When Lily left to go back to work, I couldn’t stand waiting in the waiting room by myself. I alerted the staff to let Lyrek know where I was if he came out looking for me. Unable to wait in the waiting room, I chose
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Lyrek-As much as I tried to fight it, I knew it was pointless. The instant I saw Veronica begin to break down, my legs developed a mind of their own. If it weren’t for the chaos that erupted, I would have made it into the room first.Thankfully, the doctor I had assigned to Andrew’s case was the first one in the room. I was torn between helping with Andrew and helping Lily with Veronica. Being that there was plenty of staff to help, I decided to assist Lily.Regardless of how upset I was at Veronica; I also couldn’t bring myself to stand back and let her watch her brother die if that was the outcome. Stepping behind her, I wrapped my arms around her, pinning her shoulders to her side. Lily released Veronica and went to help the other nurses.She knew Andrew better than any other medical professional in the room, which I hoped would be beneficial. With Veronica in my arms, I dragged her out of the room. She kept fighting me the entire way, but I didn’t loosen my hold on her.When I ma
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Veronica-It has been six hours since Andrew has been stable, yet there weren’t any signs of him waking up. Lily had left already, which left me alone to wait. Lyrek has come and gone a few times, only saying that they were still looking for a solution.The longer I waited, the more frustrated I became. At least I haven’t had a chance to think much about Lyrek, although I was glad, he was back to help with Andrew. He didn’t appear to want to talk to me right now, so I didn’t press him to do so.I figured if he didn’t want to talk, I wouldn’t make him, at least not right now. Just being able to see him was more than enough for me. For now, I was just going to focus on Andrew.Sitting next to him, I have been holding his hand. This wasn’t the first time I saw him with a tube down his through, but it was just as scary as the first time. Thinking back to when he was first diagnosed, I had been terrified that he was never going to wake up.When he had fallen ill, he had gone into a month-l
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Lyrek-With Andrew now awake and being, things were looking better for him. It has been twelve hours since he woke up now, but Veronica still hasn’t slept. My concern was now for her, regardless of how much I tried not to worry about her.We broke up, or rather I broke up with her. I shouldn’t be concerning myself with what she does or doesn’t do. Yet, as I stood near the room to keep an eye on things, I couldn’t help but worry.Every time I left the hospital to go to the hotel I was staying at, I returned to see that it was obvious she hadn’t eaten or slept much since Andrew had come out of surgery. No matter how much I pushed her away, I was still in love with her. I couldn’t tell her to leave the hospital to get some rest since I didn’t really have the right.Seeing that Lily was returning, I decided to use her help. She might not like me much right now, but I doubted she would argue with me. Rushing to catch her down the hall, before she reached the room, I blocked her path.“What
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Lyrek-“I take it you found out that I ended things with Veronica?” I asked, even though I already suspected the answer.“It is big news all over the hospital. Even reporters have been contacting me trying to find out if the rumors were true. Lucky for you I was able to put a stop to them from leaking anything. I have half a mind to take your inheritance and give it to her.”“I don’t care about the money. This has nothing to do with it. If you want to give it to her then I will agree to it.”The words barely left my lips before my grandfather grabbed his cane that was leaning against the bed and hit me in the arm with it. I won’t lie, it hurt like hell, but I didn’t show him any weakness. It may have something to do with the fact that I felt like I deserved to be hit.“You damn well know she won’t take the money and that is the problem. I already told you that I offered her money, but she refused. If you thought she only stayed with you because of what you were offering, then you are
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Veronica-Since waking up, I have been trying to figure out how I got home and who made the food for me. I remember leaving the hospital and walking a little, but the rest was blank. I didn’t think it was Lily, considering I knew she was going to stay with Andrew.My thoughts went to Lyrek, except I quickly disregarded the possibility. Out of all the people it could have been, I doubted it was him. Maybe Rick had seen me walking and helped me home. That was the only other option I could think of.No matter how much I racked my brain, I couldn’t remember anything from the night before. Sighing, I cleaned up the few dishes I used to eat breakfast then went back to the bedroom to grab my phone off the charger. I slept longer than I wanted, but I was feeling more refreshed.Having slept for about ten hours, getting a shower and food in me, I almost felt like a completely new person. I checked my phone but didn’t see any messages or missed calls. Grabbing my keys, I headed out of the penth
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Veronica- Ten years later “Hurry up mom and dad! We are going to be late!” My nine-year-old daughter Lexi yelled as she ran ahead to the bar, where we were meeting everyone. It was now Christmas, and we had a tradition to meet at the bar every year. Rick still managed the bar, but he now did so with his husband, whom he met while he was in Europe. This year it was a little different from our usual get-together because this year Lily couldn’t join us. She was in Africa working with Doctors Without Borders. I was really proud of everything she has accomplished these last few years since graduating from medical school. The main person that I was looking forward to seeing was Andrew. He was in college now, studying to be a medical researcher. His life was relatively normal now, having been cancer free for ten years. I never thought he would have made it this far, but I was thankful every day that his illness was a thing of the past. I haven’t seen him since the school year started, b
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Veronica-It wasn’t easy, but with the help of Lily, a team of wedding planners, and a lot of money, we managed to get the wedding I have been planning for the last few months up and going. It took us only forty-eight hours. The best part of it all, Lyrek’s grandfather was able to hold on.I had a feeling that the wedding was giving him the desire to live because I could tell by looking at him that he was fighting to stay alive. When I told him my plan it was a light flipped on in him and he now had the will to live. Lyrek tried to argue with me about rushing the wedding.He wanted me to have the wedding of my dreams, but I managed to win him over to my way of thinking after I told him that it wouldn’t be the wedding of my dreams without his grandfather here to celebrate it with us. After all, it had been because of his grandfather that we were together.I thought it over and concluded that even if he would have pursued me, I wouldn’t have been as willing to be with him at the time. I
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Veronica-Waking up in Lyrek’s arms was the best thing in the world at this moment. After the last twenty-four hours, I have been more grateful to have him by my side. I wish he would have let me know what he was doing, but I understood why he kept me in the dark.Rolling over in bed to face him, I saw he was still sleeping. Taking a moment to admire his features, I smiled at how relaxed he looked. Moving my gaze to the other side of his body, I noticed Andrew was lying in bed next to him.I must have slept like a rock if I hadn’t noticed Andrew joining us in bed. Reaching over, I gently caressed the side of his face. His features weren’t as relaxed as Lyrek’s, yet he didn’t seem to be nearly as influenced by past events as I expected him to be.“Good morning.” Lyrek’s sleepy voice pulled me from getting too far into my thoughts.Tilting my head back, I looked up to see him smiling at me. “Good morning.” I repeated his words.“Are you hungry?” He asked, his tone soft and low.Instead
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Veronica-I was beyond worried right now. As many times as I called Lyrek, it went straight to voicemail. I didn’t know what to do and even the police had to call in the FBI because they were getting nowhere.With nothing better to do, I have been pacing the lobby of the theater, trying to reach Lyrek. My nerves were a wreck. I didn’t think Lyrek would up and abandon me, so I couldn’t help but feel that something was very wrong.The Chief of Police also thought something was wrong and has been trying to track him down. He had one of his officers try calling every hospital in the area, including different police units. I wanted to call his lawyer, but I didn’t have the number.I couldn’t call his grandfather, because he wasn’t doing very well, and I didn’t want him to worry. Pacing back and forth was all I was good at right now. It wasn’t helping anything, aside from helping hold on to the little bit of calmness I had left.Finally, my phone rang, and I quickly looked at the screen. A
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Lyrek-With no choice but to wait until their attention was away from Andrew, I kept myself hidden. The minutes were ticking by slower than I wanted. The men guarding Andrew were getting impatient, but I couldn’t move without putting him in danger.Looking across the room, I tried looking for Snake, but I couldn’t spot him. My hand tightened around the hilt of the dagger until my knuckles turned white. One of the men returned to the computer, while the other was pacing.If I was going to get Andrew out of here, I needed to do it soon. The moment I thought about it, there was a loud explosion coming from the other side of the factory. Both men moved in the direction of the explosion.“What the hell was that?” One of them asked.“Sounded like a bomb going off. This is an old factory so it could be just nothing, but I am going to go check it out. Stay here with the kid and keep trying to fix whatever is going on with the computer.” One of the men took off running and the other returned
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Lyrek-“Found them.” Snake said a bit later.Pushing away from the table I was leaning against, I moved to stand behind my friend. Looking over his shoulder, I saw a map on one of the computer monitors with a blinking red dot. We weren’t very far from the location.Pulling out my cell phone, I dialed Veronica’s number. Thanks to Snake, he made it so I could use my phone, but it was now a secure line, and it couldn’t be hacked or traced. I had to hand it to him, he really knew what he was doing.“Did you get the money?” She asked the moment she answered the phone.“I need a little more time, but I am getting closer. Have they contacted you again?” I asked my wife while I watched Snake type like a madman on the computer.“They called once since you left and told us that you better have the money soon or they were going to start hurting Andrew.” The fear in her voice was as clear as day and I knew we were running out of time.“I promised you that we will get him back. I am going to do ev
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Lyrek-“Where is my son?” Veronica asked the man that was on the phone.“Don’t worry about that right now. What is important is how you are going to come up with five hundred million dollars to get him back. If you don’t want him hurt or worse, I suggest you start calling the banks and get me my money.” The man said.With that amount of money, it was going to be difficult to produce. It wasn’t that I couldn’t get it, but it wasn’t like I had that kind of money laying around. Even if I went to the bank to withdraw it from my personal account and even take it from the foundation funds, it would take a long time.“I don’t have that kind of money!” Veronica was starting to become hysterical, which only fueled my anger.Stepping closer to her, I wrapped my arm around her in an attempt to comfort her. I knew it wasn’t going to do much, but I wanted to remind her that she wasn’t alone. My thoughts were racing with who the caller might be.We thought it was her parents, but the man’s voice wa
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Veronica-It didn’t take long for the police officers to show up. Every second of waiting had felt like an eternity. I couldn’t breathe without feeling like I was going to have a panic attack. If it weren’t for Lyrek, I would have broken down the moment he told me.There was a lot of chaos going on currently as everyone in the theater was being questioned. While giving my statement to the police officers, Lyrek and I had to separate so he could also talk to them. I hated that in this situation everyone was a suspect, but I also didn’t care as long as Andrew was found.“Do you know of anyone that would have done this?” The police officer assigned to question me asked.“I was attacked a few months ago because the mugger was wanting money from me. I don’t know if it is related or not, but that is the only thing I can think of.” I admitted, even though I didn’t feel like it was relative to the current situation.“We have already investigated that. Is there anyone else that would have done
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Veronica-Three months later“Come on! The movie is about to start!” Andrew yelled as he raced ahead.I couldn’t help but laugh as Lyrek and I followed him into the theater. While I knew he was excited to be able to see the movie he had been waiting for, I didn’t know why he was in such a hurry. It wasn’t like there weren’t going to be any seats, being that Lyrek reserved the entire theater room for us.Over the past few months, things have been a little weird. Not in a bad way, but in a way that was still taking me some time to get used to. When Lyrek did anything for us, he did it in a big way.Every time we went out, he made it obvious that he had money to spend. I wasn’t a huge fan that he was spending money so elaborately, but I couldn’t fault him either. His excuse was that he wanted us to enjoy everything life had to offer.No matter how much money he spent on me or Andrew, I was still not used to having someone take care of me to this degree. On the plus side, it has allowed m
