Lost Me Gained Regret

I'd seldom seen Gregory display such a raw, unfiltered emotion.

He seemed on the verge of breaking.

"What if Mr. Abdul and Dr. Andrews both said I should avoid any shocks, would you still tell me the truth?" he asked. Gregory hated lying, but sometimes, he felt he had no choice.

His grandmother meant the world to him.

And the explosion, caused by Mark, was undeniably a result of their own actions, when you got down to it.

His grandmother was innocent in all this.

From the Myers family feud to Mark's vendetta, she had endured so much.

Never before had Gregory been so... cautious.

"I want to be honest with you, but you... I know, emotions can be uncontrollable at times, but you can't let yourself get too worked up," he said, his voice tender yet firm. Hearing Gregory's words, my heart started sinking.

Considering the nightmare I had just woken from, a dreadful premonition washed over me.

It was an outcome I dared not even consider, one I couldn't possibly accept.

"No, don't tell me she's..."

Impossible.

I denied it internally.

Grandma was so good, so resilient. She deserved to live a peaceful life after all she'd been through.

But my tears betrayed me, streaming down uncontrollably.

"Jane..."

"Tell me she's just injured, that she's recovering in the hospital, waiting for me to visit, right?" Gregory felt as

breath he took seemed to fill the void with

happen that are beyond

"It can be okay..."

on my tears, "It has to be, Gregory. You've always managed things before,

he could

be taken by such a tragedy.

to sleep. When you wake up, I'll take you

say our final

at that

spelled it out, but

ex

make Gregory feel so helpless, so hesitant, except for

me.

pregnancy, not wanting

how could I not be

Because Grandma was...

"Why..."

accept it,

wanted to be calm, for the little one

shock

family member,

I couldn't

Grandma leaving me forever made it hard to

my tears fall, not wiping them away this time, but

me why this had