Chapter 99 THE SURVIVOR

I went back to the hospital to see how Esther was fairing. As soon as I walked into the room, I heard Dorothy’s sobs. She ran to me when she saw me, and she hugged me.

My heart fell into my stomach. The thought that Esther had died ran over my mind and I felt my legs buckling under me.

“What happened?” I asked in a trembling voice. “Is she okay?”

Her mom was sitting beside the bed, while her father was standing by the bed holding Esther’s hand.

They all had tears in their eyes.

I was too late: Esther had died!

“She went into a coma,” Dorothy said. “The doctors said she is going to die.”

“So, she is not dead?” I asked.

“No,” Dorothy said. “But the doctors have given up hope. She said she is not going to make it.”

I gently pushed Dorothy away and walked to the bed. Esther’s eyes were closed, and her breathing came in long gasps.

I stared at her and felt my heart melting, my body shaking.

I turned around and walked toward the door.

“Where are you going to?” Dorothy asked.

I turned around