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."

through his mind-the assistant's voice on the phone, the news

painfully as he asked, his voice weak

blood..She was gone before they even realized what was happening. Her final wish was

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

it to Nolan with

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

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

family's reputation, Aurelia had shouldered all

Nolan himself to send her to

she did it for me..." Nolan's voice was so hoarse it was barely

searing pain shot through his chest as he coughed up more blood, staining the white sheets crimson. His body fell back helplessly

"Sir! Sir!!!"

as the emergency alarm sounded throughout the room. As Nolan's consciousness faded, he thought he heard

in his presence, the countless

by an invisible hand, the

room, Nolan's father and

Aurelia? How did he end up like this? That woman really