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The moment Bethany received the call, she froze.
Jane noticed at once. “Mrs. Brennan, what’s wrong?”
Bethany snapped back to her senses, grabbed her car keys, and sprinted toward the garage. Take good care of Evan. I won’t be coming back today.”
Her hands trembled on the steering wheel as streetlights streamed toward her in hazy rings, like the kaleidoscope Sarah used to have when she was a child.
When Otis died, she had felt as though she had died with him. It was Sarah who had pulled her back from the abyss.
They were the two pillars of her life.
After the age of five, all the warmth Bethany had left came from her grandparents.
Whenever she saw others cherished by their parents, she told herself that she still had her grandparents.
Her grandfather was gone. If her grandmother were to leave her too…
The traffic light turned green. Bethany wiped away her tears and drove straight for the hospital.
She ran into the emergency room and asked, “Doctor, how is my grandma?”
“You’re her family, right? Sign this consent form immediately. She suffered a sudden cardiac arrest. We’re resuscitating her.”
Bethany’s hand shook violently as she signed. “Please, doctor. Save her.”
“We’ll do everything we can,” the doctor said, taking the form.
Left alone before the closed operating–room doors, Bethany felt numb. Just days ago, had been fine. How could this have happened?
Sarah’s caregiver said, “Ms. Porter.”
Sarah
Bethany looked up sluggishly, her tears spilling over. She asked, “How did my grandmother collapse so suddenly?”
After a brief hesitation, the caregiver explained, “Your mother came today with a young woman. They mentioned online harassment. Sarah asked me to read her some malicious
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