ALL I LOST : THE FIRST HEIR

Chapter 124

The words of the doctor struck Philip's heart like an arrow, piercing through every fiber of his being. "But I must be honest with you; her heart has stopped beating. We are initiating advanced life support measures, but it's a critical situation," were the doctors' somber words.

"But... my mother is dead," Philip whispered, the weight of those words crushing his soul. It was all that was going on in his head, a never-ending loop of despair and disbelief. He stumbled aimlessly from one point to another in the hospital corridor, holding his head as if trying to keep it from shattering into pieces.

Grace, his girlfriend, watched helplessly as the man she loved spiraled into agony and grief. She clung onto him, trying her best to calm him down, but it seemed as though Philip had retreated into a world of his own pain, shutting her out entirely. She felt so powerless like she was watching him drown in a sea of sorrow, unable to throw him a lifeline.

In a desperate attempt to offer some so