One moment, she thought he deserved it; the next, her head throbbed with a mix of emotions and pain.

By the tshe reached the hospital, she just happened to see the doctor leaving Felix's room.

Carol hesitated at the door, wrestling with her feelings, before she finally pushed it open slowly.

Felix was lying in the hospital bed, an IV needle sticking out of the back of his hand.

Soon, a nurse cin to give her sinstructions.

"The fever hasn't broken yet. When this bag is empty, ring the bell next to you," the nurse said, glancing at her with a hint of curiosity. "Are you family?" "Ah, yes, I am." "You should go complete the paperwork while the medication drips. It's going to be a while." After Carol finished with the paperwork and returned, she took a seat by the bed.

In her memory, this might have been the first tshe sat by his bed like this.

She felt restless, her gaze fixed on Felix's face, unable to extinguish the burning anger inside her.

evening, after the nurse had changed his medication several times,

then she noticed her sleeve caught in

furrowed as she tried to pull away, but when

completely subsiding. Carol even thought it might fry his

his eyes open, he

attempted to yank her sleeve

was wrong, truly. I know I messed up." Her curiosity piqued, wondering if his mind was

down, no longer in a rush

realized sooner how good you are to me, how you're the best thing for me." A bittersweet feeling swelled in Carol's heart. Was she good to Felix? Well, maybe. She was determined to be with him,

all that good? Not

and deeper. Felix's initial aloofness was infuriating, always ignoring calls,

probably what people meant by "self-sabotage." What she couldn't stand the most bet was his secrecy about medication. No matter how much tpassed, it remained a knot in her heart. She didn't

he was always a man of few words, certainly not one to

his mistakes, his apologies, how he deserved to die, but begged her

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