CHAPTER 18

DEREK

The red light to the emergency room was still on.

I was pacing outside, desperate to know when all these would be over. It has been an hour already, and no one has stepped out to speak to me.

Is it that serious?

What am I saying? The bruises and the blood I saw with my eyes, wasn't that enough to show that Mirabel was attacked brutally?

"Pull yourself together!" I groaned, finding it hard to control my shivering body.

I've been restless since Mirabel was taken into the emergency room. Her bloody swollen face, stamped in my head, gave me no chance to find peace.

She's the only one my mind.

I can't help it.

Antonio's apology from the ambulance, echoed in my head, filling me with regret.

I came to a stop, leaning against the wall, thinking about those times she tried to talk to me, but all I did was attack her for meddling in my life.

Her tears from that night, when she pointed the