ALEX
Shit! I curse under my breath.
I catch her before she hits the floor, her weight folding into my arms like a puppet with its strings cut.
"Athena!" I shout, lowering her gently, cradling her head as panic claws up my throat.
"I need a doctor right now!"
Isabelle is instantly beside me, checking Athena's pulse, her expression calm, but
I can see her resolve cracking.
It's her best friend, after all.
"We need a stretcher!"
A nurse rushes in with one, and I lift Athena onto it carefully, my hand refusing to
let go of hers even as Isabelle moves to wheel her away.
"Let us take it from here, Alex," Isabelle says gently.
But I hesitate.
For a second, I think if I just hold on tighter, maybe I can keep her from slipping further away and from shutting me out completely.
But I nod and step back.
She disappears down the hall, and I'm left standing in the silence that follows.
drops into a chair, his hands buried in his hair while his shoulders
see it, how his jaw tightens, how
out of it. I don't
He looked so engrossed in his
he's the only thing anchoring her to the ground, tears streaming down her
too? What is going on?"
Unable to move,
I remain standing.
if I sit, I won't get
is staring me right in
out from the
is alive... but
reason they
I let a snake into our
I didn't
Because I believed Leah.
I'll ever earn
is all your fault!" Noah spits angrily. "If you had just listened to everyone instead of yourself and stayed married to Athena, Sloane would still be okay!" His nose strills flair from the anger his
never see eye to eye. He has an inferiority complex, and I've never had the time to calm his tits down and boost
understand why he's
again but I'll try everything I can to make sure she gets back on her feet. He's not the only one who loves her. Sloane is my favorite cousin, and I'll avenge her. That is the only
The Golden Boy. The one we should all worship and kiss the ground he walks on. Look at
bitch and I'll kill her once Sloane stabilizes! But what about Alex, will he
if you don't shut the fuck
"You'll what? End me? I'm sure you
the most
the wall so fast none of us
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