After the Last Tear: Rising from the Ashes of a Broken Marriage By Cassila K

Chapter 121

Nolan's hand trembled violently, nearly dropping his phone.

He staggered, almost falling, as the assistant's words echoed through his mind like a knife repeatedly plunging into his heart.

"That's impossible! It can't be!"

A metallic taste filled his throat before blood erupted from his mouth, splattering across the window in front of him.

The world began to spin around him before he collapsed heavily to the ground.

When Nolan regained consciousness, he saw nothing but blinding white. The sharp smell of antiseptic filled his nostrils, accompanied by the rhythmic beeping of medical equipment.

His assistant sat beside the bed, red-eyed, clutching a folder tightly. Seeing Nolan awake, he leaned forward, his voice hoarse "Sir, you're finally awake.

Nolan's vision was blurry as he struggled to focus"What... happened to me?"

The assistant lowered his head, his voice catching"You collapsed after coughing up blood. The doctors worked on you for twenty-four hours straight... they issued critical condition notices several times."

fragmented images flashed through his mind-the assistant's voice on

contracted painfully as he asked, his voice weak

gone before they even realized what was happening. Her final wish was a sky burial, which is why I

pure soul?" Nolan's voice was barely audible as his fingers unconsciously gripped the

the assistant's eyes welled up further. He pulled a document from his pocket and handed it to Nolan with

the first page. As he read through it, his face grew increasingly pale, shock and anguish threatening

Nolan's mother during a depressive episode, had mistaken a security guard for Nolan's father and slept

protect the Creed family's reputation, Aurelia had shouldered

allowing Nolan himself to send her to

voice was so hoarse it was barely audible as his fingers gripped the document

white sheets crimson. His body fell back helplessly against the bed as the world began to

"Sir! Sir!!!"

sounded throughout the room. As Nolan's consciousness faded, he thought he heard Aurelia's

remembered her hesitant glances, her forced smiles in

an invisible hand, the pain making it nearly impossible to

room, Nolan's father and Evangeline arrived

How did he end up like this? That