Although the situation puzzled him, it was better than what he had originally envisioned.

Due to her exposure to the rain, Shirley had developed symptoms of a cold and a fever.

Since she was pregnant, she could not simply take flu medications.

He called for the doctor to return once again. It was not until late at night that Shirley was completely settled in.

Throughout the night, Shirley softly called for Carter several times as she dreamed.

He stayed by her bed, watching her closely, not leaving her side.

To avoid disturbing Shirley’s rest, Carter had only turned on a table lamp.

The warm, soft light hung over Shirley’s face as she slept. Carter unconsciously raised a hand and gently caressed her scarred cheek.

“If you hadn’t left me without a word back then, none of these would have happened. “Why did you make me hate you?

you put such strain on

that Shirley would not hear what

Jeremy had also stayed up all night watching over Madeline by

“At most, she’ll need eight

Jeremy was concerned that the anti- toxoid test reagent might develop other side effects that could

had stayed awake to

first glimmer of dawn shone across the sky,

heart

held onto Madeline’s hand as

are you awake? Can you

after some time, her eyes

Madeline’s eyebrows furrowed, and, as if the

leaned in closer.

which showed some signs of fatigue. A second later, he finally

“Jeremy.”

Madeline called out tiredly.

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