I Don’t Need Your Fake Love by Melandia

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With the aftershocks finally over, a heavy silence set in. “Help me!”

Grace was buried under the wreckage and surrounded by darkness. Her breaths were getting shallower.

Lost in time, she was jolted back to reality by a child’s cry. “Kendra! I want Kendra!” She came to with a start, shouting as loud as she could, “We’re here… Please help!”

Her shouts drew the rescue team, who rushed to their location. They started clearing the rubble, and a thin ray of light pierced the darkness.

A glimmer of hope sparked in Grace’s chest, but it was dashed when she heard the rescuers. “Mr. Kaufman, Dr.

Parrish and Dr. Jermyn are trapped under the same slab. If we lift one side, the other will crush the other… We have to choose one.”

Omar choked with tears, “Save Kendra! I need Kendra!”

Omar’s plea stabbed Grace’s heart. For a moment, she felt everything slipping away. Her own child had picked someone else over her in a time of crisis.

Antonio’s response was slow in coming.

The rescuers‘ urgency grew. “Mr. Kaufman, we can’t wait! If another tremor hits, we’ll lose them both!” It was then that Antonio’s voice cut through the tension, cold and firm, “Save Dr. Jermyn.”

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Grace’s world darkened as she closed her eyes, giving in to despair. The rescuers focused on lifting the slab to reach Kendra.

The slab shifted, crushing Grace with brutal force, worsening her injuries. Blood silently escaped her lips as her vision. blurred.

Just before the darkness took her, she heard Omar’s sobs. “Kendra, I thought I’d lost you forever. Promise me you’ll never leave me again!”

Grace, exhausted, shut her eyes, and darkness took her in.

in Drelar Hospital. Russell, noticing her awake,

more days here, and she’ll be on the mend.” Grace observed Russell, who appeared

said, “Grace, you’ve been through so much. Get some rest and don’t worry about anything.” Grace closed her eyes, offering no response.

probably a good thing. When she recovered, it would be

passed in a

process and approached Kendra’s ward for the first time. Antonio and Omar

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just as

when he saw Grace. “Why are you here?”

the caution in his tone was too

choosing his words carefully. “How’s your

tough. I

look that made it clear she wasn’t wanted. “What are you doing here? You can’t

a fire burning in

a fight, let alone hurt

to the point with Antonio, “When can we head to the courthouse and wrap up this

everything else, including the kid, is all yours,” she said, her tone firm. Antonio’s face clouded over, and he paused before asking,

shot him a puzzled glance and questioned, “Do I

like, and Omar can choose his own mom. It has nothing to do with me.” Omar’s eyes widened in surprise,

his fists, yelling in a fit of anger, “You don’t want me, and I don’t want you either! I want Kendra to

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With that, he made a point of rushing over and clinging to Kendra.

feigning concern as she said, “Grace, you shouldn’t

been fine with Antonio and Omar coming to see you. It’s just…” Antonio cut in, “Grace, I didn’t go to see you because…”

there, not in