Goodbye, My Love

Loraine’s heart ached at the sight, her worry mirroring the anxiety she felt while waiting outside Rowan’s emergency room.

Anxiously, she asked, “How is he? Will he be okay?”

The nurse smiled and said, “He was grazed by a bullet. Your boyfriend was lucky that he didn’t get directly shot.”

Boyfriend?

A N G E L A ‘s L I B R A R Y

Loraine hesitated but chose not to correct the nurse, allowing her to continue tending to the wound.

and disinfected the injury, Marco winced slightly. Loraine clutched her clothes, appearing more pained

bandaging the wound, she offered a kind smile and joked, “It’s all right. Your boyfriend is tough enough to handle this. But he should

tendency to bear pain and refuse hospitalization so she

nurse advised, “He shouldn’t use his arm these days and should make sure to

her eyebrows raising in surprise. “Okay,

realization hit her-would she be the one to help him clean his

glanced over and saw Marco’s intense

what to do and what not to do,

the ward, only the infusion bottle’s slow drip and

away to avoid his glaring eyes, Loraine cleared her throat and asked, “What can I do for you? If you don’t

in his eye, Marco said hoarsely, “Loraine, wait. I need you

earth did he