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.

until the evening, after the nurse had changed

noticed her sleeve caught

brow furrowed as she tried to pull away, but when she looked up,

subsiding. Carol even thought it might fry his

he was

attempted to yank her

truly. I know I

no

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

Felix's initial aloofness was infuriating, always ignoring

medication. No matter how much tpassed, it remained a knot in her heart. She didn't speak, but Felix continued to

man of few words, certainly not one

talked about his mistakes, his apologies, how he deserved to die, but

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