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he heart monitor sliced throu
ey were weighed down by lead. A high fever blurred her visi
e IV drip, her eyes dropping to Aurora's face. There was a thick
wn. "Your organ failure is progressing. Do you wa
Her pride fought against the suffocating weight of her despair. Her fingers twe turned and walked out of the roo
sky was a bleak, unforgiving gray. A violent spasm of p
nstantly soaked through her thin hospita
ocused on the nightstand. H
he center of the screen. Today w
ered her remaining pride. She reached out with her right arm. The IV
e phone. Her muscles gave out, and the phone sliedge of the bed. Blood backed up into the clear IV tubing, but sh
ing for air. Her lungs burned. Her thu
s and pressed Conrad H
. Two rings. Every empty beep was a nee
let her arm drop when
loud cheering and the distinct pop of
, high-pitched laugh stabbed
lp Leo cut the cake!" Jess
e fist had punched straight through her ribs an
onrad," she whispered. The sound w
her end suddenly muffled. Jess
ed. Her voice dripped with a
so hard her knuckles tu
d in from a few feet away. "Who
sounded like the victim. "It's the hospi
gue came through the speaker, fol
ce was crystal clear. "Today is Leo's birthda
about her condition. He didn't a
ordered. "And don'
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