Gravity furrowed the physician’s brow, hinting at the challenge that lay ahead.

Millie, preempting the somber narrative, ventured her query.

“Doctor, my grandmother shall overcome, will she not?”

“Miss Brown, you must gird your spirit. Your grandmother shall not rouse from her slumber unless…”

“Unless what? Pray, divulge the requisites, and I shall strive to fulfill them.”

“Only if Leon is invited can the possibility materialize. His medical exploits have woven a saga of legend. Were he to grace your grandmother’s ailment with his ministrations, recovery might find her. Time, however, dwindles.”

upon Millie. She faltered, her backward step a manifestation of her inability to cajole

a counterpoint to the silence. A torrent of crimson fluid

this, Millie’s lids remained resolute, unwilling to

of

lifeline for the ailing woman.

had shared his prognosis sought ingress, halted only by Millie’s

plan. Stand sentinel over my grandmother and anticipate

from the hospital’s confines and hailed a taxi. The urgency to save her grandmother

– Leon’s abode. Raindrops composed a symphony as she approached, a solitary silhouette ready to

ears. Hastily, he donned his attire and bridged the distance

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