Requiem of a Broken Heart

Chapter 702:

Yet the silence persisted, unbroken.

A sense of dread washed over Rachel. On her return, she discovered Brian lying motionless. She touched his forehead; his skin burned with fever.

Desperately, she shook him slightly, “Wake up!” But he remained limp, lost to consciousness.

Fumbling for her phone, she called Ronald, but received no response. She then attempted to contact Debby and Aron, but given the late hour, there was no answer.

Eventually, she turned to the man lying before her, hesitated momentarily, let out a deep sigh, and made a decision to call Yvonne. “Yvonne, Brian’s passed out. Could you come help me?”

“Absolutely,” Yvonne replied without hesitation.

Yet upon arriving and seeing Brian, Yvonne was taken aback. “Why is he here?”

think I was really gone, so he’s been waiting here. I suspect the

next step? Are we bringing

and Brian’s

calling Norton to see if he can come get

like a

it seemed as though everyone had decided to ignore

for the women was to escort Brian to a

as Rachel encouraged her, saying, “Yvonne, you should

you

nearby. I’ll get some medicine to reduce the fever and arrange for

sure to get some rest after

fever medication from the pharmacy. When she measured Brian’s temperature, the

the most effective antipyretic they had. The label indicated that the