Chapter 266
Seraphina thought she was seeing things.
Flashing through her mind were past images that mirrored the straight line she was looking at right now.
The first time, she was ten, standing at her father’s deathbed.
She didn’t understand what the line meant then, only that her mom fainted the moment she laid eyes on it.
In front of her, her dad lost consciousness and so did her mom.
From then on, she was without a dad and essentially, without a mom.
The second time was when Betty drew her last breath.
Betty was seriously ill by then and Seraphina, who was in denial, slowly couldn’t deny reality anymore.
When the flatline showed, she held Betty’s cold hand calmly, planting a gentle kiss on it.
Only when Sandra behind her broke into tears did her own tears finally fall.
Now, it was Sandra laying on the hospital bed, the straight line appearing before her eyes once again.
She thought she had nothing else to lose, but it seemed she still did….
Seraphina bit her lip, struggling to calm her breath and heartbeat. When she looked at the monitor again, it was still a straight line.
She couldn’t believe it, turning to look at Leandro, hoping for a different answer from him.
Leandro was expressionless, a hint of pity in his deep eyes.
He reached out and held her.
turned her head again, this time to
a statue, his face pale, his expression bleak, as if his soul
reached out and
Why are you standing here?” she said, “Get in there! You’re the one she loves most, the one she can’t bear to leave! You
no matter how much force she used, how loudly she screamed,
the door to the sickroom opened, and the medical staff performing
Someone said softly, “We did our best,
this, Bowen seemed to snap back
look, then
had nothing else to say, he just
in front of him and rushed into the
words, she felt as if she had lost all sense of consciousness. She couldn’t see anything, couldn’t hear anything, her world became a chaotic mess, she couldn’t even feel
time, she vaguely felt as if someone was pulling
she regained her senses, she opened her eyes and saw Leandro in front of
voice was low, as if it
dazedly, and saw Bowen
the veins in his arms, neck, and forehead
pain anymore, right?
the suffering in bed… she can’t feel any of it now,
Is this a
lost in thought,
a little stiffly
couldn’t quite remember
saw Herman’s name, took the phone from her, and answered
the phone?” Herman asked.
taking his eyes off Seraphina, Leandro
came
looked into the sickroom again.
pain now, but
to go through so much pain before getting
had to
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