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Your Fault

Author: Eliza Selmer
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[Gabrielle’s POV]

I keep my gaze fixed on Rachelle as she steps out of the room, and when a sudden wave of dizziness hits me, I turn to find that the nurse is putting something in my IV.

“What is that?” I demand as my ears begin to ring. “What are you putting in there?”

“Just something to help you relax.” She assures me.

“Don’t give the lady a hard time for doing her job, Gab.” Gregory says, touching my arm. “Just try to relax.”

Relax. How could I possibly relax when Trent was laid up in a coma in the room right next to me? All I wanted to do was go to his side and beg him to wake up. After all, it was my fault we were even out. It was because of my wrecklessness.

“But Trent,” I murmur as my vision blurs. “I have to go and...”

The rest of my words turn into garbled gibberish as the world around me slowly begins to disappear, fading into nothing but a hazy darkness that slowly consumes me.

As I fade in and out of consciousness, I can hear movement, and I feel like my body is being move
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