, her pulse pounding like

e world around her spinn

the sterile whiteness of a h

fog from her mind, but everything felt

ng she saw wa

lightly on the edge of her mattress, his eyes fi

thing else.. a flicker of guilt perh

hit her all at once, slammin

e betrayal. The anger. Celine. He

whirlwind, and the sharp sting of it

nic rising in her c

zziness sweep over her. She collapsed bac

strain of her emotions. She looked around, the sterile room

ething she couldn't place, but

he hesitated, as thou

ike he wanted to reach

id, his voice tight.

you? You didn't have the decency to let me go?" She glared at him, feeling the venom

the weight of her gaze, but

face, a confirmation of everything

ed with a clipboard in hand. Her presence was a welcome distractio

tle, but there was someth

e final tests, Mr. Hawkes. The results... I'm sor

lted beneath

t fully register at fir

earing them from a di

What

in her ears. Her stomach clenched, and for a moment, she

voice cracking as she looked between Liam and

ips parting as though he wa

t obvious. "I think she should rest, Mr.

the room tilting around her. "I'm not stayi

asn't having any of it. She shoved the nurse's hand away when she t

ed anyone's pity. Not from you, not from her..." She shot a

the need to get out of this hospital, away from Liam, away from th

r temples, her vision growing hazy with

idn't

et Liam or anyone els

s, full of urgency, but she kept walking, her fe

face him. The words burned her throat as they left her li

stretched, but he didn't

of regret and helplessness,

Liam, happened on our anniversary. And on my 28th birthday, too."

r, her feet dragging against the floor

noticed the sharp pain in her lower abdomen, th

heard a soft voice.. one she never th

as quiet, almost too quiet, b

with a combination o

or betraying her? For sl

ce burning with fury, her

and dangerous, "do not ever show

if to explain herself, but A

eft, Amy turned and continued down the

, outside the hospital, the blood

nees buckled, and she fel

d air, her body shuddering wit

ck. Her legs gave out beneath her, and

eeched to a halt, b

er or the car's make as the world wen

en...