They Hated Me in My First Life, But Now I Have the Love System

Chapter 605: She Heard Me

"...Somto made sure that, in the event of his death, everything would continue smoothly.

"Of course, it’s never exactly the same without him, but Carl and I have been helping to keep things running. We didn’t plan a formal funeral for Somto at first, because you couldn’t come to terms with what happened. But... I think it’s time we do. It’s been six months already. If he were still alive, the search party would have found him."

Arthur hesitated, his voice dropping. "I probably shouldn’t be telling you this... but Carl said you can’t hear anything..."

He paused again, eyes unfocused, though his gaze remained on the monitors tracking Nnenna’s heart rate, which flickered slightly with the unspoken tension.

"They found pieces of the clothes he was wearing that day... below the cliff... just a week ago," Arthur finally said, his voice tight.

He swallowed hard, visibly weighing each word. "The forensics... they say..." He trailed off, unable to continue immediately, before forcing the words out. "...that his body must have been eaten by a wild animal."

"When you called me, I thought... I thought it was about the news, maybe someone had leaked it. But no. Your reason for calling... it was much worse." Arthur’s voice trembled slightly, though he tried to steady it.

"You have no idea how glad I am that they got to you on time. If I had made the same mistake I made with Somto... I don’t even want to think about it. I just... I don’t know. If we had found him sooner, maybe his body would have at least been intact for a proper burial. I am so thankful... so thankful that God didn’t let me go through that again. That day, when you called... I believe He let me get help to you in time."

Arthur paused, blinking, trying to collect himself. "Nnenna... we don’t even have a body to bury for Somto’s funeral. No place to go, no place to say he was laid to rest."

His voice softened, almost a whisper, heavy with grief. His eyes, unfocused, stared at nothing in particular. He didn’t notice the monitors, the steady pulse that had been calm, now climbing rapidly, spiking with each shallow breath Nnenna took.

Suddenly-

Beep! Beep! Beep!

Arthur out of his haze. His head snapped to

voice was sharp,

burst open before he could move. Nurses and doctors flooded in, equipment rattling as they wheeled it to her bedside. But the moment Carl stepped inside, the chaos bent around him. He didn’t raise his voice, but his presence pulled every

of epi, now. Oxygen, full flow. Prepare the pads. Clear that line," he ordered, already

He was the anchor, and everyone

stepped back on his own, silent, cold on the outside. His eyes, though, never left Nnenna. His jaw locked, hands curled at his sides, but he didn’t interfere. He would not risk disturbing

he had done this countless times, but his eyes

milligram.

Calm. Steady. In control. And yet, every beat that failed to come

This wasn’t just medicine.

sister slipping away under

then twitch again. He looked coldly calm, but the faintest tremor

on... come on," Carl muttered under his breath, too quiet for

out a breath, but Carl didn’t.

in his tone. Then,

His shoulders stayed steady, but his eyes

Carl, reading the silence. "What’s going on?" His voice was low, even, but the weight behind it