t waste a si
flying across the screen. She immediately dial
ylee ordered into the phone, her voice all busin
sister. She walked to th
steady, rhythmic rise and fall of Arthur's chest. The mechanic
heavy ICU door
yes wide. "He's awake brie
aylee rushed into the anteroom, frantically pu
The smell of antiseptic and
them was bruised and sunken. His frail, trembli
he breathing tube, his eyes locked
t aching. She grabbed his cold
voice shaking. "Everything will be fine.
door, a shrill, carrying voice
It was Angelle. She hadn't left. She was speaking to the hos
through the crack of the ICU door. "Cole would be devastated if I didn't pay my respects...
ur's eyes snapped wid
eard
ly spiked. The steady, rhythmic beeping
opened around the tube in a silent, agonizing scream.
d, panic tearing at her
into the emergency Code
s rushed into the room, physical
ns yelled, grabbing the
ing. She fell through the doorway and
look
ook of innocence was plastered across her perfectly contou
. The blood roared in her ears,
tting her entire body weight behind the motion, rea
connect, a massive force
It was tight enough
r knocked from her
e blazing with dark fury as he
d ret
ith substantial force. He prioritized Angel
caught on the slip
k the unforgiving ground with a sickening, loud
ushing out of the ICU and
a protective, heavy arm around Angelle's waist. He pulled the ba
ain in her elbow was completely eclipsed b
In public. While her
Alya, his voice drip
ne sharp enough to cut glass. "Acting like a hy
up. She ignored Haylee's
as unnaturally straight.
e alarms, the shouting doctors, Hayl
mind. It's over. She didn't scream, she didn't demand a divorce in front of the gathering crowd of nurses and security gu
e f
lackened slightly. A flicker of genuine, unfilt
that. Not in public
t she quickly hid it, burying her face into the back
mulate a response, th
His face was ashen. He
t steady. "The shock was severe, but we've managed to stabilize his
hit Alya like a physi
eled her rage drained from
escent lights above began to spin violen
lapsed forward, plunging i
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