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Hours turned to yet another day...Days melted into a week...Still, Brandon remained in a coma. Dealing with her nightmares became harder with passing each day. Everyday, bright and early, she would turn up at the hospital, only to be forced to return home at the end of the day, forlorn and downcast. On some days, when the hospital took pity on her, they let her stay, but even on those days, the familiar ache in her chest worsened. Pure sorrow. She sat on the chair beside his bed, staring at Brandon's face. For days, she had mulled over it... For days she had questioned it. For days she had wept over it. For days, it had tormented her. She knew she had to do it, she knew it, but how? How? Pulling herself up, she let her gaze drop to the floor and headed out the room. Her body cried with exhaustion. Her head ached. Her shoulders had a permanent slouch with the weight of the choice she had no choice but to make, and all of the pain, all of the weariness, all of the torment, she let
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With her mind travelling a mile a minute and her sight obscured by all the tears, coupled with the burning sensation in her heart, Beth didn't know where she was going. Turning down numerous corners and evading everything that moved, she came to a white door and barged in. Catching herself late, she winced, scolded herself under her breath and turned to apologize to the occupant of the room when she saw the mysterious old man who had spoken to her in the hall. Turning to see who had entered his room, he looked her over... And smiled warmly."I am so sorry," she rushed out. "I didn't mean to come in like that--""What's the matter?" His head tilted to the side.Beth paused, blinked and turned away. "I'll just go. I'm sorry.""Where?"She froze then. Where? Her erect shoulders quivered. Slowly, she shook her head."Stay. I insist. Come sit here."Biting her lower lip in contemplation, she threw her head back and let out a groan, then turned."Come," he beckoned, his smile ever present.
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New York traffic was no joke. In Beth's opinion, conquering it deserved a medal. As they cruised through it, proving right the term 'slow and steady wins the race,' the tension reduced and reduced until it finally died. A few minutes later, Beth chuckled. Byron sent her a glance."Your left and right hooks are pretty mean."He smirked then. "One of the essentials to being on the football team."She just laughed and shook her head and he sported a smile of his own. As they pushed through the traffic, Byron kept glancing at her."Are you okay?" He finally asked.The atmosphere was easy and light. She pulled in a deep breath, peeked at him and let it out. "I'm okay.""I understand why you're leaving."Her easy smile fell. "What?""I understand why--""You didn't say why I want to leave."He shook his head."Why?""I know you don't want to leave.""I'm only doing this because--""The pattern. I know, sweetheart." He reached out and took her hand. "I know."She stared at him a while longe
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Stepping out of the room and beginning the journey down the halls, the first person Beth bumped into, literally, was Mia, and not too far behind her was a little boy. From the look of things, they were playing tag. "Sorry!"She was going to go past Beth when Beth grabbed her shoulders."Mia."Her little head shot up and almost immediately, excitement entered her eyes."Aunty Beth!" She threw herself at Beth, climbing her when Beth's hands went under her arms. Chuckling, Beth hugged the little girl to herself, patting her back and watching the little boy come to a halt before them and scan her inquisitively. She scanned him right back. Something about the boy looked jarringly familiar, but before Beth could place it, Mia pulled back and exploded into a rant. "Aunty, I have been looking for you. We checked the toilet, the roof--""The roof?!"Mia nodded enthusiastically, a small, emphatic frown on her face. "Yuh-huh. We even went to the reecpon. You were nowhere. Where did you go?
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After a full course meal at a small restaurant just down the road where the staff had been just too overjoyed to attend to the Steven Michaels, they had then gotten some ice cream and began back to the hospital. "Ten out of ten meal?" Beth nodded almost instantly, a wide smile on her face. "Ten out of ten meal."As soon as they stepped through the hospital doors, Steven spotted Rosco walking down the hall looking curious, and lifted a hand to attract his attention. Rosco caught sight of them and began towards them. Returning Mia's wave and ruffling Mordecai's hair, he took one look at Beth and tilted his head to the side."Hm. Steven goes missing, turns up with you almost an hour later and you have a huge smile on your face." He playfully narrowed his eyes. "What did you do?""I had burgers," Beth reported, raising her head with satisfaction.His brows shot up. "Burgers? You're this happy because of burgers?"She nodded enthusiastically, wide smile never falling. With a small, f
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As expected, Frederico had asked where she was going. Also as expected, she didn't tell. Was he happy about it? No. Had he offered his support still? No. Why? Because he really didn't like the idea and Brandon was going to come get her anyway. Beth could almost scoff. It was almost a week later and still no improvement from Brandon. As the minutes had turned into hours and the hours into days, Elizabeth had gotten her international passport ready— quickness courtesy of Micah Yosef— packed, spoken to her landlord, finalized with a moving company, spoken to Lola's vet, googled the weather and everything else there was to know about Ireland, also googled the ins and outs of an airport, what to carry, how early to arrive and even what to eat before hand and not, and had tried her best to reach out to everyone and make sure everyone was okay. Jasmine, Byron, Dorcas, Mordecai, Mia, Christopher, Grace, the girls, Brandon's friends, and even old man Rogers. When she'd told him she was le
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Faint sounds travelled in and out of his ears, rebounding off the muffled whoosh in his brain. His eyes remained unresponsive no matter how hard he tried. The only part of him that moved as intended were his fingers, which he made sure to tap a steady rhythm with. He was fully present but stiff and that frustrated him to no end. Something was off. He felt off. Brandon couldn't remember clearly what had happened, but it definitely felt good to be conscious, no matter how immobile. Having tossed and turned all through the night, Elizabeth was up and wearing a hole into the floor by 8 a.m., giving Lola's peppy something interesting to follow. By the time 8:30 rolled around, she was a panting mess. Why? She didn't know. She just... Ugh!Running her hands through her hair, she went on her knees and prayed. Asked for the mercy of God, prayed for Brandon to be fine, prayed for everyone else, and prayed for her to... Be able to breathe? Minutes later, she ended and got up. She didn't
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"She's gone.""Where's my phone?""What do you––""She won't be––""Sam, your phone please?"Sam handed over his phone without complaint. Upon Jasmine's complaint, Brandon sat, but still rose the phone to his ear."Hello?" Frederico answered gruffly."Frederico, it's me. Find out where Elizabeth is," he barked in Portuguese."Brandon?! Welcome back, buddy. I already have her location.""Good. Where?""Jfk airport. I'll be there in twenty minutes."Brandon nodded once and ended the call. Everyone stared at him expectantly. With sudden strength, Brandon pushed up to his feet and marched to Brian, ignoring Jasmine's growl, and said,"I need a change of clothes and––""I got it all ready. Bathroom.""Thanks," Brandon breathed with relief and rushed into the bathroom."Byron, we can't let him go now," Jasmine appealed to Byron, seeing as everyone else was either too shocked to move or had smiles on their faces.Byron wrapped his arms around his troubled wife and said,"I understand your wo
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