Two or three seconds passed before Cole hung up.
A heavy weight settled in my chest.
Cole didn’t want to see me either, did het
I felt like a child who had been abandoned by the world.
But I couldn’t blame Cole.
After all, I had chosen Tristan over him, pushing Cole away without a second thought.
It made sense that he wouldn’t want to see me.
The
night grew colder, the icy chill creeping up my spine like a parasite.
Suddenly, a sharp pain shot through my chest.
I sat up, coughing violently, the pain so intense it felt like my heart might burst out of my chest.
Cough, cough, cough.
I looked down at my hand, and there, smeared across my palm, was a pool of blood.
It seemed the system had already set my death in motion.
I would die at Tristan’s wedding–of myocarditis, just as planned.
I grabbed a tissue from the bedside table and wiped the blood from my hand.
In doing so, I accidentally knocked into the panda plush.
“Lana, don’t cry. Tristan was wrong
“Lana, don’t cry. Tristan was wrong.”
How ironic…
In the end, the only one still by my side was this stupid panda plush.
Tristan didn’t want me anymore.
Cole didn’t want
it to see me.
I was so… pathetic.
I let out a bitter laugh and turned over in bed, hoping to fall asleep.
Around four or five in the morning, I heard the wooden door creak open.
A deep, raspy voice called from outside.
“Lana Brooks, open the door.”
“I know you’re in there.”
was Cole’s voice.
In the darkness, a sliver of light broke through.
He had come to see me after all.
I opened the door, and there he was.
Cole stood there, a black scarf wrapped around his neck, his hair dusted with white snow.
The streetlamp behind him cast a soft yellow glow, and his nose was bright red from the cold.
But he didn’t seem to care about the freezing air at all. He pulled me into his arms without hesitation.
“Lana, I’m sorry,” he whispered.
“I came too late.”
It wasn’t too late.
Not at all.
Feeling the warmth of Cole’s embrace, I felt a lump rise in my throat.
He was my salvation.
At least, he could save me during the final two days I had left.
