I've Been There Before

Humbert and Ingemar didn’t know what mood Grace was in during this period.

When the door was opened, Caden was sent to the emergency room again.

The sound of hasty steps arose in the corridor. Everyone was nervous when Caden was in the emergency room.

It was as if Grace had been forgotten. Everyone focused their attention on the man being rescued.

No one was talking. It was not until the nightfall did the doctor declare that he has been saved.

However, it was not the end. During the five days after she arrived, the shadow of death had always covered him like this.

Five days and nights, eleven times.

She had counted. Every time he was sent to the emergency room, she counted one.

She didn’t know why she did it.

She didn’t even know if she still had the strength to hate and resent him.

She couldn’t even understand her own mind, not to mention Caden’s.

It was an early morning, a morning with a glimmer of hope.

She was sitting by the sickbed. Having be accustomed to quietly stare at his fleshless cheek all day and night, she was tired out but still didn’t dare to fall asleep.

night, she would just sit next to him and gaze at the face that she would never forget.

would die and leave her, her heart would ache, making it almost impossible for her

know whether she wanted him to

you want him to wake up?”

give an

he can’t wake up?” Humbert pointed at his own chest and shouted at the woman who didn’t even shed a single tear.

already shouted out. Yes! It hurt! It

before,” she just said like this, regardless

pain and have met misfortunes of sorts. You asked me whether I would feel heartache if he couldn’t wake up. Yes, it hurt, but just

and again as if it wouldn’t hurt in this way. But she found herself hard to breathe. “I’ll go out to

He had no right to blame her, but

if she was really cold and heartless, who was the one sitting

and silently gazed at Caden who was lying

…

It was night.

the only night she fell asleep out of exhaustion.

just fell asleep while bending over

woken up by a

and found the sickbed

Humbert and Ingemar who stood opposite her first. However, both of them looked excited and they were gazing at … She followed their gazes

widened