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

next step? Are

Brian’s parents, but there’s

calling Norton to see if he can come

sounds like

as though everyone had

option left for the women was to escort Brian to a hotel. They didn’t arrive until

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

you sure you

to reduce the fever and arrange

get some rest after that,” Yvonne said

a thermometer and fever medication from the pharmacy. When she measured Brian’s temperature, the reading was alarmingly

label indicated that the fever should decrease within an