Tears burst forth uncontrollably. Keira Leaf and Annie Taylor hurried over to the bedside, frantically checking her condition, eager to prove that what they heard over the phone was nothing but a playful joke.
"Alice, how are you? Are you feeling uncomfortable? Where's the doctor? Why don't you get the doctor..."
Keira Leaf choked out the words, anxiously asking, even though deep down she knew she'd been sentenced to death long ago, she still hoped for a day that could be postponed, and postponed even further...
She had almost become accustomed to the daily routine, one o'clock at home, workplace, then the hospital.
Yet now, how could all this come so suddenly, so unexpectedly that even though they were prepared, they were still caught off guard.
Annie Taylor was also crying profusely. Looking at Jackson Sully's pale face, she sobbed: "Alice, you're not going to die, you won't die, you're so good, you're so good! We all have to live well, we'll be friends for a lifetime..."
