s returned i
nted. Pain no longer screamed-it pressed, constant and suffocating, like the w
n't open
dn't
e coul
distant at first, then gradual
lling hasn'
ormal aft
ill not r
o tell them she could hear every word. But her
ps appr
ized them
dr
then surged painful
ought weakly. Maybe.
gile-lifted its h
closer to her bed. She felt movement near he
ew s
in r
in f
rrit
his going to t
s breat
re monitoring her condition hour b
" Andrew i
d neurologically..." The doctor hesitated. "Even if sh
ce fo
eart hamme
herself. Please. J
ain, his voice
doesn't wake
hardened. "Sir,
owly. "I know. I
ar
d painfully in
ontinued, "there won't be compli
se
sharply she thought h
e, you are the primary beneficiary, yes.
eded," Andrew sa
steps re
hing inside her c
rand holding her he
ght. I'm not a person
ll the times she
isn't l
t need
me in his
tasted bi
with silent sobs sh
passed.
idn't
omething essential i
er-she felt an
e was d
ie
re
bed. The sound was soft, hesitant, as
voice spo
phi
acted before
ni
nswer," he said qui
unding. His fingers didn't grip hers tightly. T
tinued, his voice thick with emotion. "I shou
ped
rners of Sophia's eyes, u
l not
eath c
whispered. "You can
er, his voice
efully. "But please-please don't give up.
wanted to sa
htened around her
be strong," he murm
n bloomed i
you, she thought. If only
spilled out u
back of the classroom,
her home when
t the hospital when
ad se
imply cho
her, heavy an
iel said. "As lo
eadily, indifferent to
onsciousne
pressed
me, it wasn
drea
ps she r
rossroads-two paths stretching
always did in public. Behind him, shadows twi
er path st
dn't
mply
step towa
eneath her f
fe
iolently thro
nd her erupted in
drop
losin
und her. Voices overlapp
lt hersel
attered like le
he thought faintly. I lov
ssure envelo
ni
ed softly, his voice
ed to an
s sorry, that she saw him now, that if she c
tayed locked in
rtbeat
ain d
ettled over her,
ought wasn'
standing at the beginning of everything
thought, fading, I wou
ld went
l
a
h
gh
le tore thro
ped, eyes
ite of the hos
-faint cracks near the corner, a glow-in-
dorm
ersity d
est, her heart pounding
s brea
iv
un
arr
her face as realizat
had
some
n given ano

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