"Alright," Nina agreed, telling her, "Let's sleep."

Yvonne was exhausted and quickly fell back asleep. However, Nina had too much on her mind to rest.

Yvonne's mention of praying made her think of the green prayer beads Wilfred always had with him, which felt oddly familiar.

In the morning, Nina was awakened by Yvonne's urgent voice.

"Nina, wake up! It's bad. Nash is in critical condition!"

Nina's eyes flew open. "What?"

Her heart raced as she jumped out of bed. "When did this happen?"

"Just now. They called from the hospital!" Yvonne explained.

Seeing the missed call on her phone, Nina's heart sank.

Was Nash really not going to make it?

never see him again, and that thought was unbearable. She felt as though her heart had been ripped

way, Yvonne tried to comfort her, telling her not to be too

she not

she

Even if they divorced,

her tears, too upset to speak or listen to anything around her. Her mind

to the ICU, where she saw

longer, Nina's body shook as

with his eyes closed and his face pale. She had

called

in a daze, felt her legs give out as she reached Nash's side. Kneeling by his bed,

You have to keep your word. If you

such

thought it was her imagination, but

hallucinating from her grief, she felt a hand on

be a widow. I can't let that happen," Nash's raspy

looked up in shock to see Nash's eyes open, gazing at her with a

She was stunned.

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