Chapter 99

After returning from Annecy, France, Drake had been diagnosed with severe depression and admitted to hospital for treatment.

During his stay, many people came to visit him.

But never Thalia.

Each time the door to his room opened, Drake would hold his breath in nervous anticipation, staring hopefully at

the entrance.

But every time, his hopes were dashed, and he would lower his eyes and slump his shoulders in disappointment.

From dawn until dusk, he waited, but the one person he longed to see never came.

Drake’s heart ached unbearably. He thought in despair that his Thalía truly would never return to him.

Thalia, without you, what’s the point of living?

At dinnertime, Margaret arrived with a care worker to bring Drake his meal.

The moment she pushed open the door, Margaret let out a piercing scream, dropping the insulated food container and rushing forward.

“Drake!”

Margaret grabbed Drake’s arm. “Drake, what are you doing? Stop it right now! Oh my God, no!”

When she had entered, she’d seen Drake gripping a fruit knife, slashing at his wrist!

Margaret wept uncontrollably. “What are you thinking? Why would you do something so crazy? What would I do without you? Oh God, Drake, please…”

Blood had already soaked the bedsheets. Drake had made a deep gash across his wrist, and blood was flowing freely.

Drake’s eyes were vacant, his expression blank. He hadn’t registered a single word Margaret had said.

His mind was filled with only one thought: Thalia didn’t want him anymore. Thalia would never come back.

The pain made it difficult to breathe. He felt utterly hopeless, as though life held no meaning.

It hurts so much, Thalia.

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My heart is in agony.

The care worker was terrified and ran out into the corridor, shouting for help.

and nurses

rushed to the

collapsed in the corridor,

he do this to himself? My poor

received Margaret’s call just as she

minus five degrees outside. Thalía had gotten into her car and turned on the heating when her mobile

“Hello?”

of you. The doctors saved him, but they’re saying he doesn’t want to

Thalia froze.

you

attempted suicide?

comprehend what

the word “suicide”

would never attempt suicide.

she could barely catch

come to see you last night?” Margaret managed to ask, trying to control her

“Yes.”

through the

When I came to see him today, I walked in to find him cutting his wrist open. What

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“I didn’t do

and awful to you. I’m so sorry for everything. I’m begging you–please come to the hospital. He’s stable now, but the doctors say he’s given up. He doesn’t want to wake up. Could you

but this has nothing to

Margaret instantly became

her voice accusingly: “How can you be so cold? Don’t you have any compassion? Drake tried to kill himself over you, and you won’t even come see him?

cold? Think what

to waste any more words on Margaret and decisively ended the call.

At the hospital.

and in his semi–conscious state, he thought he heard Thalia’s

Thalia…

Thalia…

struggled to open his eyes.

with the stark white ceiling. A sharp pain emanated from his wrist, and the smells of antiseptic

moved his fingers slightly.

Margaret’s eyes were red and

with difficulty: “Mom, why are you

was certain he had

his eyes around the room,

friends. Even Sienna, with whom he’d had a massive argument that morning, had come. But the one person he desperately

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first words upon waking were to ask about Thalia, Sienna’s expression turned pained, and she turned away with tears

to kill yourself over a

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