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."

Ernest said,

"I want to see her one

while I pretended to

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

turns out I was anemic. I had donated too much blood to Conrad, saving him but putting myself at

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

"Do you mad

you mather?" Susie's questions e

curious about Ernest's response.

upset her,"

was right. It was

admission mingled with relief,

left my bedside to confront Ernest, lightly hitting him, "apologize to her when she's better." Ernest looked my way,

Susie leave. The moment the door closed, tears

the bed,