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See You on the Other Side
Normally, the sound of Cadence’s laughter made Aaron’s heart feel warm and instantly brought a smile to his face. It was the sort of sound that could brush away all of his problems, at least for a moment, but when it echoed off of the hallway walls outside of the operating room, it did nothing at all to affect his disposition. He knew something was very wrong, but he had no idea what it might be, and despite all of his friends’ concern and offers to help, the cloud that hung over him continued to seep into his core, making him feel like he was part of the thundercloud itself. Acknowledging it, looking for assistance in making it go away, would be a show of weakness, and he just couldn’t bring himself to admit that there was a problem.
He didn’t bother to knock on the open door. The laughter stopped the second he walked in, and those concerned expressions immediately filled the faces that looked up at him. Cadence and Elliott were both on hospital
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