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.
chair, his hands buried in his
stone, but I see it, how his jaw tightens, how his eyes turn glassy
I don't think he's
He looked so engrossed in his work and oving to his father
though he's the only thing anchoring her
is going on?" She
Unable to move,
I remain standing.
I sit, I won't
staring me
out from the weight of
is alive...
they
I let a
didn't protect
Because I believed Leah.
don't know if I'll ever earn the chance to
listened to everyone instead of yourself and stayed married to
and I never see eye to eye. He has an inferiority complex, and
understand why he's
who is hurt and may never walk again but I'll try everything I can to make sure she gets back on her feet. He's not the only one
Boy. The one we should all worship and kiss the ground he walks on. Look at you all.
I'll kill her once Sloane stabilizes! But what about Alex, will he just walk away scot free?
don't shut the fuck up-" I snarl but
heaving, "You'll what?
is the most
against the
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