Afraid of being too busy alone at the hospital, after notifying the hospital, Karen called her parents.

The ambulance arrived in no time.

Paramedics jumped out and swiftly loaded Kenneth onto a stretcher.

"Bro, you better not scare me like this!" Karen's voice quivered, her hands trembling uncontrollably.

To Karen, Kenneth was more than a cousin; he was her brother.

Once at the hospital, doctors whisked him away into the ER for a battery of tests.

Karen settled the bills but couldn't follow him in; she was left to wait on a hard plastic bench for her parents to arrive. In the tense interim, she shot a text to Jeffrey.

you busy?] Suddenly, she yearned

had sent her into a panic, her

office. Hang tight, babe. I'll try to head out

buried in work, and she shouldn't always disrupt him, especially with the Lopez Corporation's

It was her dad, Derek, who arrived first. He scanned the room and

City, but it might take them a while to get here." Karen looked up, her eyes brimming with tears, "They took him straight into the ER as soon as we got here. I have no idea what's going on. But he

make him skip work for every little thing. It's not easy working at a big corporation like that; must be exhausting.” Karen nodded, "Don't worry, Dad. I'm grown up now." "Stop crying, kiddo." Derek handed her a tissue. "I'm here now, and your

was on the ground floor, just a few steps from the fresh air she

then. Wipe your eyes,"

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