219. I can't!

The nosebleed stops moments after the woman leaves me, and I find Gerald and the gang.

Lemon breaks down when I relay to him the news of Coraline’s fate. Mal and Erikkson look extremely upset, and Clara who had finally made her way to the police station after spending the night at the hospital looks sympathetically at all of us. I hold onto Lemon as he starts to sob, after putting much effort to hold in his tears. Gerald stands by the side, looking dark and desolate. He’s got his phone in his hand as if it’s a weapon and I think maybe it is. He could get so many things done with one phone call. I wonder if he had called my father and notified him of this new development, but I won’t keep holding my breath. Dad had gone abroad again due to some emergency in his business somewhere, and although he said that he would be in touch, he had not even called. Maybe he called Gerald, but not me.

And I can’t help but resent him a bit for it.

We make our way out of the police station, feeling wor
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