Love That Wasn't Meant to Last

Chapter 17

Chapter 17

Selena lay in the hospital bed, dressed in a blue and white patient's gown with an IV in her hand, while her wrists were wrapped in thick bandages.

Her unadorned face looked quiet and almost serene, though her lips were pale, and she was thinner than ever. Her once-delicate collarbones now stood out

starkly.

Looking at her now, I couldn't help but wonder if she had been taking care of herself at all since I had left.

Zion came in, glanced at me, walked over to her, and gently tapped her shoulder. "Selena, wake up. Look who I brought."

Slowly, she opened her eyes, still half-dazed. "Hud, you're finally back. I missed you so much," she said, stretching her arms out, wanting a hug.

leaned in and embraced her gently. Zion, watching

me. It stirred something in me, but my mind kept drifting back

all of a sudden, she began to cry again, beating her fists weakly against

in my embrace and cried as she spoke, "Hudson, how can you be so cruel? I've been lying here all this time, but

at me, filling me with a

she quieted down, settling back into my arms.

gently laid her back down, pulled up her blanket, and quietly left the room. I

a distant look on his face. When he

pausing before voicing my thoughts. "Did you come all this way from Adenville to Carzonia just to bring me here

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