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21. Bad news
James p.o.v
There she was, my little girl. Laying there on the hospital bed fighting for her life. How could this have happened? I was devastated, seeing her like that with all those machines around her, keeping her alive.
The whole night we stayed at the bedside of our little girl. I didn't want her to be alone. She needed all the support she could possibly get for her fight and... and if she had to go if she had to leave us then... then we needed to be there. She couldn't go alone. She just could not.
I had fallen asleep on Hadeon's lap, who comforted me all night until we both were too tired to stay awake. He said ensuring words to me, held me, and supported me. Without him, I would have completely broken down. Hadeon is my tower of strength.
Early in the morning, we were woken up by a nurse. "Mr. Wright? Mr. Wright?" I heard. I opened my eyes and saw that everything was true and not a nightmare. I wanted to cry all over ag
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