Where Petals of Vengeance Bloom

Chapter 387

Mandy nodded desperately, tears streaming down her face in an endless torrent.

"Alright, I promise you-anything you want, as long as you stay alive, I'll do it. I swear."

She clutched Claire's hand tightly, her voice hoarse and pleading, teetering on the edge of despair. "Claire, please, hold on. The doctors will help you. They'll fix this. You just have to hang in there."

Every breath Claire took was agony, as if shards of glass scraped her lungs. Each inhale felt like a new, unbearable torment.

A bitter, metallic taste rose in her throat. She forced herself to swallow it down, determined not to let anyone worry more than they already did.

"Mandy, don't cry..."

But Mandy's vision was blurred by tears. She could barely make out Claire's face through the haze. She wiped at her eyes in a frantic attempt to clear them, desperate to remember Claire's features, but the more she wiped, the more the tears flowed, unstoppable and wild.

With what little strength she had left, Claire lifted her trembling hand, thin as a skeleton, and gently brushed away Mandy's tears. "Don't be sad."

The more Claire tried to comfort them, the more everyone in the room felt their hearts shatter.

of the bed, wracked with sobs. Her shoulders shook violently, and her breathing grew ragged

could barely hold back their own tears, eyes red and

no idea how to make any of

thought that swallowing poison would bring everything

hardly any chance of surviving that kind of

the end. But fate had

to face the heartbreak of those around her-a sight that filled her

say something, to ease their agony. But as soon as she opened her mouth, a

with deep,

features twisted in pain, looking for all the world like a tormented soul clawing its way

!" Mandy screamed, her voice raw, tearing through the

blood, Mandy's tears fell harder. Overwhelmed by grief, terror, and

body trembling. Panic and helplessness flooded his eyes. "Doctor! Somebody-please,

from sorrow, saw Sean's ashen face twisted with despair, saw the others standing

in the hospital

in at the sound of frantic shouts, wheeling