#Chapter55

18 months ago.

Third person

A tensed silence fogged the room. Even the fluttering and nervous breathes were taken lowly, worried to rattle the atmosphere. The stench of sweat, blood, and antiseptics swam in the air playing around the nostrils of onlookers. Six pairs of eyes were glued over the bed where she laid.

The doctor made the final check-ups. Crystal was all cleaned up and bandaged. She was still lying on her stomach over the soft mattress of Valentine’s sheet where no woman ever slept before. Lola was sitting on her right and Valerie stood behind the old woman with a heavy heart. Her eyes never loosed the...