Chapter 28: THE RITUAL

Joanna's POV

With my fingers locked between my best friend's fingers, we took a walk to the hospital reception... Initially, I pleaded with her to join me on the rooftop but she refused and took me to the reception hall to keep an eye on me.

I wanted a calm space to relax and think about something different and more interesting than my life... It's been quite a hurdle for twenty-seven years, so I want to take a break.

While we were having a conversation, tears were flowing freely down Yolanda's cheeks, at first, I attempted to stop her from creating such a show and causing embarrassment in the reception hall as people would overthink it.

She was drawing curiosity from patients and the health workers... I'm popular, so people were interested in knowing why I was in the hospital.

"Cut the crap, short paragraph," I said, my face flushed in embarrassment.

" Joanna!"

I swerved in the direction of the voice when I heard someone call my name, puzzled and curious to see who it was that knew