88-Goodbye

Justin Deluca pov

I still remember. I ran like a madman out of the mansion. My friends had to control me. Keith and Terry wanted to make me relax but I wanted to reach my kitten.

Granny and Sarah convinced me to straightaway reach the hospital. Upon reaching there, we came to know her two friends had already expired on the spot. The closest friend Evelyne had minor injuries as she went out to get the commercial pack of mayonnaise.

Ashley’s orphanage friend, Aniya had reached there in no time.

Poor Evelyne was crying nonstop along with fighting the new horror that she could lose Ashley too just like she lost Elijah and Sam in the blink of an eye.

And Ashley? She had slipped into a coma. She was lucky to survive the serious head injury. I was requested not to enter her room by my family and doctors, but nobody could stop me from meeting my

kitten.

She was lying there quietly with a few wraps here and there.

I forgot that I needed to change my clothes or had to shave. Even I could no longer remember that I

needed to visit the bathroom. Ha–ha.

For two days, I stayed by that bedside, sitting on that uncomfortable chair, holding her hand that I didn’t want to let go at any cost. Not even when the doctors used to visit her for check–ups.

By the end of the second day, the doctor gave me hope. Her body, at last, had started reacting to the

medicines.

I wasn’t aware when I slipped into a deep sleep while

son!” Granny was slowly shaking my shoulder to wake me up. I straightened scratching my two day

“Granny?”

her fingers through my hair, “For the past few days, you haven’t eaten

started shaking my head. I didn’t want

on my kitten’s face where a tube was inserted inside

feeble hand on my shoulder, holding it I touched my lips to it and looked up to find

are crying, granny? She will be alright. She is a fighter.” I knew in my heart that

My lioness.

Once she does. You need to let her go.” She whispered gently.

to look into her

her life, then you need to let her go. It’s just for one

What to tell her? That hey, Ash. I know you need me after this accident. But I need to stay away from you for some fu*ckin curse? She

shifted back her baby hair that was there along her hairline. Tomorrow, I would ask the nurse to do

and turned towards the door, “You do need to choose if

still. Granny was just being practical. And then in a matter of minutes, I decided what I needed to do.

let her go. For

you?” I felt tears cascading down my cheeks, “How would I explain

climbed her bed and laid beside her, taking her in my arms. I showered her face with small kisses, brushed her hair gently with my fingers, and

her to stay strong. Just like a lioness. And then right before I felt my eyes heavy with sleep I cried and asked for her

don’t hate me, kitten. You are strong. You are my lioness. You will make it to the other side. But Ashley. I am not the strong one. I won’t be able to make

spent those five days with her. Ironically the best five days of my life were spent in Arguli, and the worst five days of

fifth day when I felt her hand shaking. That moment was the one when

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