Can’t Win Me Back

Lily let out a muffled cry.

Her eyes rolled back in her head, her fingers twitched, and foam began to form at her mouth.

Alyssa held her breath.

It looked like an epileptic seizure or a stroke.

Overwhelmed with remorse, Alyssa realized her sharp words had triggered Lily's breakdown and subsequent illness.

If anything happened to Lily because of her, the weight of regret and self- blame would be unbearable.

It would haunt her forever.

1 Alyssa immediately called for a caregiver.

However, the doctor in the nursing home's infirmary lacked expertise.

All they could do was Call for an ambulance.

"Oh, dear heavens...

should we do?" Watching Lily have such a painful episode pushed the caregiver to

with an ambulance, the nursing home is too far

for an air ambulance." Sweat formed on

to the hospital in time." The caregiver tasked someone with calling

Lily's stiff body from the

Lily's eyelids, gave her basic medical attention, and

pounded with growing

episode, but the dark purple tinge on her tongue

could only

nursing home's backyard, its strong

"Mrs.

there!" Alyssa pleaded,

lifted Lily onto a stretcher and into the

clung to Alyssa's hand, as if it were

down

tried to speak, but