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?”

so he’s been waiting here. I suspect the grief from Carol’s death, combined with lack of sleep and this downpour, has overwhelmed

next step? Are we bringing

tried Ronald and Brian’s parents, but there’s no

calling Norton to

sounds like a

night, it seemed as though

the only option left for the women was to escort Brian

listened as Rachel encouraged her, saying, “Yvonne, you should get some rest now. You’ve been

you sure you can manage

some medicine to reduce the fever and arrange for

some rest after that,” Yvonne said before

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

antipyretic they had. The label indicated that the fever should decrease within an hour