Desires Die Hard

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Meanwhile, in a hospital in Nordeny.

The doctor had just drawn some blood from Nathaniel. The boy was currently resting quietly in his mother’s arms as they waited for the results of the blood work to be out.

They waited in a tense silence. Ellie was clearly drowning in guilt. “I’m so sorry, Anya. It’s all my fault. I should’ve kept a closer eye on them”

“Don’t blame yourself, Ellie Kids get fevers all the time. It’s not your fault.” Anya honestly didn’t blame her aunt at all. The woman had taken them in and helped Anya raise her children.

She was the reason Anya could get a job and leave for work every day without worrying about her angels.

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“Look at how miserable Nathaniel looks. I feel terrible,” Ellie whispered. She was clearly heartbroken. The woman loved and cared for the twins as if they were her own.

“It’ll be fine.” Anya said to her aunt. She placed her hand over the woman’s hand and squeezed it slightly. Her aunt’s hand was small in her own, her skin lined with the barest of wrinkles. “It’s just a fever, Ellie. Nathaniel’s going to be fine.”

Anya was right. It was just a fever. It wasn’t anything serious. Ellie nodded and tried to calm her worrying heart.

“Mom, it doesn’t hurt. I feel fine,” Nathaniel blurted out suddenly. He had been resting quietly within Anya’s arms while Anya spoke to Ellie when the string of words erupted from his lips clumsily. He was still fumbling with his sentences.

But Anya heard her son loud and clear.

The young woman felt something warm and fuzzy settle in her chest. She gazed down at the boy and pressed a soft kiss to his cheek. “Mom knows. You’re more than fine. You’re amazing. Like Superman!”

“Yup.” The boy nodded. “I’m Superman.”

“That’s right. Nathaniel’s just like Superman.”

While Anya showered Nathaniel with soft praises, Eudora placed her small hand on her brother’s forehead and started mumbling unintelligibly.

Anya and Ellie couldn’t understand any of the girl’s garbled words

But Nathaniel could.

He reached out and placed his own small palm on his sister’s forehead. “I’m okay, Dora”

Eudora heard that and nodded quietly.

a language that they shared between themselves. They

waiting. After half an hour, the report for the blood work

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went off to collect the report. Meanwhile, Nathaniel and Eudora waited by

waited for their mother to return, Nathaniel stared at the other children in the hospital. They had

mothers with

of envy wormed itself

also beginning to learn more about the world around him.

other kids. They

sight would drive a dagger of envy

else had a father.

he didn’t. His sister didn’t

didn’t understand why. He wasn’t feeling well now though and his discomfort prevented his mind from dwelling on the thought. The

results of Nathaniel’s blood work to the doctor. The doctor studied the report and the figures indicating Nathaniel’s white blood count.

released a sigh of relief. “Does he need to

look at the temperature shown on the device. “The fever seems to have gone down but we

you mean?” Anya

on the fourth. Usually, that’s when the rashes break out,” the doctor explained patiently to the young

bring him

doctor’s advice

kids home. They couldn’t get much sleep that night. They had to wake up every hour to take Nathaniel’s temperature. If the fever hadn’t gotten worse, they would go back to bed. If it had, they would have

went on for another three

doctor had been right. The fever went down on the

The rashes appeared.

day, the rashes faded.

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give Nathaniel a treat after his bout of illness. She called Anya and told her niece that she would like to take Nathaniel and Eudora out. They could

bring them out, Ellie took the two excited

find out about the kids and had tried to keep

of the enormous mall that greeted them. The children’s

their huge eyes as they explored

was the more mischievous and playful of the