Chapter 180

After they arrived at the hotel-

Stella swiped the keycard and pushed the door open. Briony's face twisted in discomfort; she clapped a hand over her mouth and rushed straight into the bathroom.

Retching echoed from inside.

"Bryn—” Stella called, hurrying after her.

Outside the bathroom, Stewart and Cedric Clarke waited in the hallway, listening

to Briony's painful vomiting. Both men wore grim expressions.

It was a while before the sounds finally subsided.

Stella emerged, supporting a pale and exhausted Briony as they left the bathroom together.

The room had two beds. Stella guided Briony to one and helped her lie down.

Briony was clearly feeling awful-she barely managed to close her eyes before slipping into a restless sleep.

Stella pressed her palm to Briony's forehead.

A slight fever.

She tucked the blanket around Briony, then got up and stepped outside the room. Looking straight at Cedric Clarke, she said, "Leave your first aid kit with me."

Cedric handed it over, concern etched on his face. "Is she all right?"

shot a cold look at Stewart. "Thanks to someone, she was throwing up nonstop on

Cedric had no answer.

a sharp motion, Stella snatched the kit from

his head. "Man, look at

into a thin

moment, he turned and strode toward the

after him, "Hey, where are

...

room, Stella took Briony's

99.9 degrees.

fever wasn't dangerously

opened the first aid kit, rummaged through

and gently wiped Briony's

tossed in her sleep, brow furrowed in distress. Even unconscious, she

for her friend, and she silently cursed Stewart all

sense of someone tending to her, but her eyelids felt impossibly heavy;

in that fog, she heard a familiar voice

"Bryn... Bryn..."

and found herself

tunnel stretched on and on, so long she began to

voice

go any further! Come

She stopped and turned.

a sun-dappled

she was little, her grandfather taught her to ride a bike along a path just like this. She'd been so afraid of falling, always struggling to learn, but her

is always the beginning. It's not talent that matters most, Bryn-it's the courage

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