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As in, Daniel is hurt.
As in, he was bleeding on the streets.
The only reason I held on to my cool during the drive to the hospital is the innate need to believe that it’s not as bad as I think.
He will be fine.
He has to be fine.
Or else…
I shake my head, my fingers strangling each other. Zach remains completely detached, typing on his tablet and replying to emails as if his younger brother couldn’t be dead as we speak.
It’s probably his condition, but the need to punch his chest and ask him to do something creeps under my skin like a wildfire.
When the hospital comes into view, I practically leap out of the car before it properly stops. My voice is surprisingly calm when I ask the nurse about Daniel. She asks me if I’m family and I want to strangle her.
I might not be Daniel’s family, but he’s mine. He did so many things for me that my own family didn’t.
He did something no one did.
Like making me feel alive.
Wanted.
Protected.
“I’m his brother,” Zach says, stopping beside me. “She’s his…significant other.”
I stare up at him with wide eyes, but he seems more interested in his phone, whatever he has on that thing.
As soon as the nurse directs me to Daniel’s room, I half jog there, then my rhythm falls into a stroll.
During all my life, I lost people because they tried to protect me.
Papa drowned because he tried to save me.
My mother, as power-hungry as she was, married a lord to secure my future. She killed an innocent woman and attempted to murder her stepdaughter so the field would be free for me.
My younger self lost her dreams and self-respect so I can move on.
Survive.
The thought of Daniel being added to the list physically nauseates me and I have to shake my head and blink my blurry eyes to remain on the right path.
During every disaster that befell me, it was Daniel or the thought of him that pushed me to stay afloat and do better.
This time, I won’t be able to move on with my life.
This time, it’ll be the end.
Zach told me his guy caught the one who stabbed Daniel. He was some low-rent thug and admitted to being paid by Christopher to stab Daniel.
So Daniel is hurt because of me. Because he beat up Christopher for me.
My heart nearly drops to the floor when I reach his room.
Please.
