No More Waiting, She Chooses Love

I woke up to Susie's anxious voice, her eyes red and swollen, clearly shaken by my sudden fainting spell. Ernest stood by silently, his expression grave.

"Don't jump to conclusions, the doctor said she's fine," Ernest finally spoke when Susie bombarded him with questions about what was wrong between him and me.

"But there's something going on with you two, right?" Susie wasn't easily fooled.

"I'll explain later," Ernest hesitated.

"Ernest," Susie raised her voice, "you did have a fight with her, didn't you? You promised you'd cherish her just as you cherish me."

"Susie, you don't understand everything. Please, just go home for now?" Ernest said, trying to calm her with patience.

"I won't leave until she wakes up," Susie stubbornly refused.

Ernest's patience wore thin, but he managed to keep his composure, "If you stay, I won't get a chance to apologize to her."

Susie's eyes lit up, a small smile appearing on her face, "Okay, I'll leave. That's more like my brother."

drive you home," Ernest said, guiding her towards

shook her head, "I want to

my bed while I pretended

she started questioning Ernest again, "She's lost a lot of weight and looks pale.

turns out I was anemic. I had donated too much blood to

let's bring her home. I'll cook her some hearty meals to help her

"Do you mad

her? Why are you mather?" Susie's questions e clutch

curious about Ernest's response.

fault, I upset her," Ernest finally

he was right. It was

with relief, bringing tears to

confront Ernest, lightly hitting him, "apologize

closed, tears escaped my eyes. Ernest returned

sat by the bed, silently watching