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Yaybe this is my chance to come clean and eBplain everything to her.
I ’uickly pick up the call before the last beep.
2Nick, I need your help,2 her tiny voice escapes in a sob.
Something is wrong.
Chapter Fourteen Isabel
Octavia has been running a fever for three days now, which is weird because she rarely gets sick. At mrst, I thought the Bu was hitting us one at a ti'e. Sut she doesnjt have a cold. xhe has Wust been running a te'perature and has been e’tra cranky.
-ejve been to the hospital, but they clai' she is healthy and thereTs nothing wrong with her after running a few tests. I was confused when the doctor said this after her checkMup.How is it possible for her to be okay and still run a fever of 102°?It doesnjt 'ake any sense.
"he doctor told 'e she 'ost likely needed to rest, take a cool bath, and replenish her body with healthy foods. I found this slightly irritating because I a' big on healthy foods any ti'e, any day, for 'y daughter. xhe has been in bed for three days, sleeping, barely saying anything, and itjs beco'ing worriso'e. Py cheerful and delighted daughter has now beco'e a shadow of herself, and it scares the living shit out of 'e. "he doctors donjt have any answers. Py fears and worM ries are through the roof because Octaviajs fever isnjt co'ing down, nor does she have even the slightest appetite.
Ij' frustrated, livid, confused, scared, and e’hausted at the sa'e ti'e, and it is beginning to show in 'e, too. Sut I have to be strong for 'y little girl.
!Jlease, OH Eust have this one last bite,! I plead to 'y daughter. xhe shakes her head as she pushes the spoon away.
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!;u''y bear, youjve barely eaten anything since yesterday. Eust eat this one for Po''y. If you do, Ijll treat you to a big bowl of ice crea',! I dra'ati?e with 'y hands, trying to appease her.
!1oH I donjt wantH! she snaps.
What am I going to do?
Ijve tried everything possible to get her to eat, so 'uch that I
threatened to take her back to the hospital for inWections, but she wonjt budge.
!Jlease, O,! I whisper, trying 'y luck again. xhe pushes the spoon further away and gets up fro' her chair to go to her roo', leaving 'e alone in the kitchen.
I let out a deep breath of frustration without knowing. I pack the food and clean the table before heading to her roo' to check on her.
Py princess is lying on her bedside with her knees folded up to her chest as she stares at the wall. Ijve never seen 'y daughter this still, and it breaks 'y heart because there is nothing I can do to help. I go over and plant a kiss on her cheek thatjs relatively war'. Octavia doesnjt bulge or reciprocate 'y kiss like usualq she is Wust still. I e’cuse 'yself and let her rest as I return to the living roo'. I need to vent to so'eone.
I wish 1ick were here to helpq he was always good with Octavia.
No!
What you are not going to do is think about that man! He made it clear he doesn't want you, so move on!
"he voice in 'y head is very loud on that subWect.
I pick up 'y phone and dial Pina instead.
!Ley, girlfriendH! Pinajs Woyful sound mlls 'y ears. !I was Wust about to ring you up. -e Wust mnished the mrst session of the su''it. Lowjs OctaviaD Any i'prove'entD Feeling any betterD! Pina bo'bards 'e with Yuestions. "ypical of her.
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Pina has been away to Pinnesota for an annual bank 'anagerjs su''it. xhe left yesterday and will be there for a week.
It is like the universe ganged up against 'e this week. I lost 1ick, and Pina is not even around to console 'e.
It sucks.
!"here is barely any i'prove'ent,! I reply with a defeated tone. !"he worst part is that she isnjt even eating anything. xhe clai's to have no appetite.!
