Requiem of a Broken Heart

Chapter 631:

In their experience, emergency procedures usually took so long, and time seemed to stand still as they held their breaths and prayed. This time, however, whatever treatment was being administered went by quickly.

Not even thirty minutes had passed when the light above the emergency room turned off. When the doctor emerged through the doors, Huey could only stagger toward him. Before he could even ask the question, the doctor silently shook his head.

The brutal reality of Myrna’s situation hit Huey like a freight train before he could even say anything. Huey slowly walked into the room. When he saw Myrna’s body, all his strength left him, and he finally collapsed to the floor.

Elsa began wailing behind him, until she nearly fainted from the heartbreak. The gut-wrenching sounds of grief reached Rachel out in the hallway. Every wail and sob spoke of tragedy, and like coils of despair, they wrapped around her, tightening by the second, until her breathing grew heavy.

She hadn’t even seen Myrna yet, but she was already consumed by an overwhelming sorrow. Her knees buckled beneath her, prompting her to lean into Brian’s arms. She closed her eyes and took each wave of sadness as they came.

a long while, she whispered, “I…

to protest, worried that the scene might be too painful for her to bear. But then Rachel pulled back to look up at him. She

could Brian refuse her? He put an arm around her for support and gently ushered

content

the operating table, already shrouded with a white sheet. Rachel couldn’t even see her face.

sudden,

the room had gone with Myrna. It was

Would she lie under a white sheet, too, surrounded by mourners? Jeffrey would

Rachel cried out all of a

stayed close to her. He didn’t want her