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.

my third night beside her. I wasn’t aware when I slipped into a deep sleep

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

“Granny?”

my hair, “For the

didn’t want to leave

where a tube was inserted inside her

Granny placed her feeble hand on my shoulder, holding it I touched my lips to it and looked

is a fighter.” I knew in my heart that my

My lioness.

she does. You need

to look into her eyes,

then you need to let her

a toy. She is a normal human. What to tell her? That hey, Ash. I know you need me after this accident. But I need to stay away from you for

hand and shifted back her baby hair that

towards the door, “You do need to choose if you want Ashley or Ashley’s life.”

in a matter of minutes, I decided what I needed to

let her go.

felt tears cascading down my cheeks, “How would I explain it to

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 held her hand.

sleeping, I kept talking to her. I told her to stay strong. Just like a lioness.

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

life were spent in Arguli, and the worst five days of my life were spent in this hospital. And both times Ashley was beside

day when I felt her hand shaking. That moment was the one when I cried and laughed at the same time.

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