The Light After Darkness

Doctors running. Nurses speedily pushing a hospital cart into Hera's room. The whole ward was in chaos yet Bryce couldn't figure out what was happening. No one would talk to him and no one would tell him what's going on.

He had tried to stop a nurse but even she couldn't give him a reasonable response. It shouldn't be what he was thinking. It should never be what he is thinking. It just can't be. The doctor rushed out of her ward and Bryce had no other choice but to corner him. "What's happening Doctor? Where is Hera? What's going on?" The words rushed out of his mouth before he could stop it. "Why is no one talking to me?"

"She's crashing sir." He breathed out. "But i can assure you that we're doing everything we can to sustain her. Hopefully, she responds to treatment because at this rate, all i can say is that you should brace yourself for the worst." The doctor stated and ran off to join the others almost immediately.

Bryce froze. His head reeling from fear and uncertainty. He has heard those words before. Those were the exact same words the doctor had said to his father back then.

"...We'll do everything we can sir..." They had told him that day but they didn't. His mother died right after. Mariam who heard the what the doctor had said had already started bawling her eyes out.

Was he really supposed to wait for the inevitable to happen?

"Sir?" Mariam has called out to him, stretching Hera's phone towards him. "It's the sisters from the convent. I told them about what happened to Hera and they want to speak with you."

Bryce stared at the device in Mariam's hands. He was hesitant to take the phone from her. What would he say to them? And if they know that Hera was pregnant, what would they say to him? How will they handle that kind of news? She was their family and he didn't feel good being the one to tell them about it but what choice does he have?

Without saying much, he took the phone from Mariam and placed it to his ears. "Sister Martha?"

are you holding up?" She had asked instead. He was stunned. He had expected her

and i have broken that promise to you and everyone. I feel so ashamed that i don't even know

"You've already suffered enough so i won't allow you take the burden for this

make it out alive and I'm scared sister. I'm scared that i won't ever get to see her again." He confessed bitterly, not mincing words. He was

is forced to stay away from him after this but all he wants is for her to wake up. He wants her to get better and he'd take any chance he'd get just to see

have gotten the chance to hurt her. Everything happening right

praying for Hera over

She told him. "And if you feel like you don't know what to do and where to

know

are no rules on how to pray perfectly. There are no

loves you Bryce." She told

you even when she knew that you might not love her back. Even when she knew that you didn't want to be loved and she stayed there, waiting for you

that he had never left you. He has been waiting for you to take that step and believe that now is the time. Take

took it without any hesitation. Right then and there, he decided to take Martha's advice. He was going to pray. He didn't care

words from

the last time when he took his mother and his little sibling even before they graced the earth and pleaded with him not to do the same with Hera. He asked that

for her boss. Hera had really did a number on him. It was crazy how one woman could change such a man that the world couldn't. She

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