Chapter 23 ~ A perfect future doesn't exist
Chapter 23 - A perfect future doesn't exist
Athena
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"Ohhh, I'm so glad you're better, my baby. I'm sorry I couldn't be with you as you checked out. Something came up,” Giana says from her hospital bed, her warm smile easing some of the tension in my chest. I laugh softly. "I can see that."
She looks tired but still elegant, her silver hair neatly pinned back, her frail hands resting on the blanket. The monitors beep steadily beside her and my heart aches for her.
I sit beside her, reaching for her hand. She squeezes mine gently.
"I was worried about you," she says.
I glance down, swallowing the lump in my throat. "I'm fine, granny."
Her green eyes study me, the way only she can. "Liar."
I force a smile. "I learned from the best."
She chuckles, but there's sadness in it.
"That boy of mine... he loves you in his own way, you know. I know you two feel like
we had to force it upon you, but I trust my instinct. And it says you two make a perfect match."
I don't answer.
My heart swells as the
words from yesterday echo. He wished I had split my skull open just so I could save him the trouble and
time for him to marry the love of his life.
That doesn't sound like a perfect match to me.
After a little while, I
help adjust her pillows, making sure she's comfortable. She tries to keep me there longer, but Alex enters.
"How's my favourite lady?" He walks over to her with a smile on his face.
It's not the first time I've seen him smile. He always pulls his walls down around his mother and grandmother. How can someone who loves his mama and Nana so much be so cold?
Or is it me that repels him?
I watch as he
leans forward and places a soft kiss on her forehead. She smiles at him while placing her weak hands on each side of
his face.
"You're going to be okay. I've made some calls. You'll get a transplant soon."
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"I'm 70, Alex. I'm tired. I don't want a transplant."
Alex's eyes are filled with fear and it's the first time I've seen
that feeling in his eyes.
"Nana." He warns.
"I want to see you two become parents. If you want me to get a transplant, then have a baby." She argues and Alex locks his jaw.
I hold my breath.
seeing me tied to him. I know that but it
feel about that. That's
looks at me, "My dear Athena,
nod. Wheeling my wheelchair out, but as I close
know you've been meeting that Leah girl in secret. You need
focus on your
is now hard.
Athena. We make a perfect match. I simply met Leah for business."
I look stupid?"
I love
what's not there. I'm
the perfect-wife." He places another kiss on
bring me a child. I want to see her
once she is done with school, we can
is lying with
had this
lying, I'll
to hear Alex's
myself away from the door, my
metal,
It shouldn't hurt.
to
sealed with ink and
not love.
like we're so in love,
straight face all to
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A child?
laugh at the
weak
it was back to
morning. He never used a condom but he always
me
stop
feel like they're closing in, the weight of pretending is
sit in the waiting area,
the wheelchair as I stare blankly at the pale hospital walls. The
compared to the ache
A child?
I laugh again—
soft, bitter sound that draws a few curious glances from nurses passing by. The absurdity of Alex's lie still echoes in my mind. He spoke so smoothly, so effortlessly,
him. To weave a fantasy of a perfect
future that
I notice Ryan is waiting near the
phone. He glances up when he
go, Mrs King?" he
Mrs King.
sends a bitter taste
can answer, footsteps echo
Alex.
him, but I feel him,
shifting as he moves closer. His presence is suffocating,
even without a
single word.
"We're leaving," he says.
don't respond, just let him wheel me forward. But as we reach
his posture, his grip tightening on the wheelchair for
like that,
"Ryan, take her home."
Three words. Dismissive. Detached.
turn to look at him, but he's already
hesitation.
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