CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX: DYING AND LIVING

The speed Jayden drove to reach the hospital was faster than any he had driven at recently because he too wanted to see Johnny alive.

It was like a miracle. Just that morning he had watched them pull the sheets over Johnny’s face. And now to see Johnny alive...

He could feel his eyes sting. He had known the boy for a very short time and had even intended to kill him at a point, but now he felt a sort of close bond with Johnny.

Maybe it was because he was beginning to love everything associated with Alisa.

He drove into the hospital’s parking lot and ran out with her to find Johnny with an oxygen mask, taking deep breaths into his lungs. Alisa instantly burst into tears and kissed every part of him that his clothes did not.

“You have always been a strong fighter, Johnny. For the third time you have won a battle against death.” She whispered after kissing his cheeks, her tears falling on his face.

Everyone thought he had died till Stacy saw his hand twitch in the mortuary, and heard hi