Chapter 559:

“What?”

Jayden’s urgent voice shot through the line.

“Dad collapsed out of nowhere. I can’t leave. You need to get to the hospital now.”

Waldo stiffened, his pulse quickening.

“What? How did this happen?”

“It’s too complicated to explain. Just get here!”

“On my way.”

He ended the call and was already moving. He grabbed his shirt and threw it on in a rush, then turned back toward the bed. Jolene lay there, watching him with lazy curiosity.

“Wait for me,” he said, before disappearing out the door.

hospital, the air smelled of

bowed, hair falling like a curtain over her face as she gripped the edge of the

all her usual composure, she was barely holding

murmured as he

sharply, her voice edged

“Uncle Waldo.”

her into a quiet embrace, his fingers threading through her

𝗩𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗴⍺𝗅𝗇𝗈ν𝖊𝗅𝘀⧸ⅽ𝗈𝗺

“How is he?”

emergency,” she replied, her

a sudden spike in blood

exhaled, tension easing from his

as everything is fine. Do you know

had always been in excellent health. A sudden spike in blood pressure didn’t make sense.

a cold edge creeping into her

Grandpa got a call from the cemetery manager this evening. They discovered that my

expression hardened, sharp fury slicing through his

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