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.

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

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

“Granny?”

my hair, “For the past few days, you haven’t eaten anything.

I didn’t want to

where a tube was inserted inside her mouth, “I can’t leave her alone.

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

alright. She is a fighter.” I knew in my heart that my Ashley

My lioness.

will ace it. Once she does. You need to

myself to look into her eyes, “Granny!”

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

not a game, 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 I need to stay away from

her baby hair that was there along her hairline. Tomorrow, I would

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

then in a matter of minutes, I decided what I needed to do. Granny was

let her go. For her safety.

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

in my arms. I showered her face with small kisses, brushed her hair gently with my

talking to her. I told her to stay strong. Just like a lioness. And then right before I felt my

hate me, kitten. You are strong. You are my lioness. You will make it to the other side. But Ashley.

Ironically the best five days of my life were spent in Arguli, and

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

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