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

slowly shaking my shoulder to wake me up.

“Granny?”

running her fingers through my hair, “For the past

shaking my head. I didn’t

tube was inserted inside her mouth, “I can’t leave her alone. What if she wakes

it I touched my lips to it and looked up

She will be alright. She is a fighter.” I knew

My lioness.

Justin. I know she will ace it. Once she does. You need to

forced myself to look into

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

Granny. She is not a toy. She is a normal human. What to tell her? That hey, Ash. I know you need me after this accident. But

Ashley’s hand and shifted back her baby hair that was there along her hairline.

her stick and turned towards the door, “You do need to choose if you want

remark made me go still. Granny was just being practical. And then in a matter of minutes, I decided what I

to let her go. For her

cascading down my cheeks,

showered her face with small kisses, brushed her hair gently with

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

will make it to the other side.

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

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

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