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.”

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

A torrent of crimson fluid gushed forth from her grandmother’s lips, limbs convulsing in a

lids remained resolute, unwilling to

manner of upheaval

a lifeline for

shared his prognosis sought ingress, halted only

Stand sentinel over my grandmother

hospital’s confines and hailed a taxi. The urgency to

Leon’s abode. Raindrops composed a symphony as she

villa’s chambers, the chime of the doorbell reached Julius’ ears. Hastily, he

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