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?

why have you put such strain on our

himself, knowing that Shirley would not hear what he

stayed up all night

“At most, she’ll need eight hours, then

that the anti- toxoid test reagent might develop

had stayed awake to keep a close

glimmer of dawn shone across the sky, Madeline began to show signs of waking

heart

held onto Madeline’s hand as he gently called

are you awake? Can you hear

moved, and after some time, her eyes

morning sunlight shone through the French windows. Madeline’s eyebrows furrowed, and,

Jeremy leaned in closer. ”

signs of fatigue. A second later, he finally heard

“Jeremy.”

Madeline called out tiredly.

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