Chapter 26
Third Person POVI
A year later &
Everything in Chelsea’s life was finally failing into place–including her relationship with Alaric. When he confessed his feelings to her once again, this time, she said yes.”
After waiting twenty–seven years, he finally got the answer he’d been hoping for.
But just when Alaric went to her family’s home to discuss their wedding plans with her parents, something unexpected happened. Michaela showed up and threw everything off course.
“Chelsea, I’m begging you.. Please, go see my brother!”
Michaela was on her knees at the villa entrance, bowing her head again and again until it hit the pavement.?
“Everything back then–it was all my idea. The drugs, those men… it was all me! My brother had nothing to do with it! If someone has to pay, let it be me. But please, go see my brother. You’re the only one who can save him now!”
Chelsea stood there, brows drawn tight, watching Michaela sob and plead like her life depended on it.
th the end, she agreed to return to the USA with her.”
She never imagined that the next time she’d see Magnus, it would be in a hospital bed.
Looking at his pale, barely breathing body lying there, she couldn’t explain what she was feeling. It wasn’t love. It wasn’t hate. Just… complicated.
“What happened?” she finally asked, pulling Michaela aside, needing answers.
Michaela finally told her the full story.
After Magnus brought Sabrina back from overseas, he hadn’t been able to institutionalize her immediately because she was pregnant. So, he kept her under close watch at home.
But fate had other plans.
Sabrina gave birth not long after, but the baby was stillborn.
Sabrina, whose mental state had already been unstable, completely lost her grip on reality after that. Eventually, the Colons were forced to commit her to a psychiatric hospital.
Then, just recently, on his way to work, Magnus was attacked by a man from Sabrina’s past. He was caught, but Magnus was critically injured and left unconscious
“Chelsea, I didn’t want to bother you,” Michaela said, her voice shaking. “I know you and Alaric are about to get married… but the doctors said my brother has no will to live. They said if someone he cares about is there, it might spark something. A miracle, maybe.”
“I had nowhere else to turn. So I came to you.”
She dropped to her knees again, but this time, Chelsea quickly caught her.
She turned her gaze back to the man in the hospital bed.
still couldn’t bring herself to w
watch him die like this
This man, whom she once loved so deeply, no matter how much he had hurt her, she As such, she called Alaric to explain the situation. Then she stayed.!! Days turned into weeks, and the only sound in the hospital room was the steady beeping of machines. But she stayed One month later, as she sat at his bedside wiping his hands with a damp towel, she suddenly noticed his fingers twitch. “Doctor! Doctor!” she shouted, bolting out into the hallway.
The medical team rushed in. After a full examination, the doctor finally gave the news they had all been hoping for!!
“It’s a miracle,” he said. There are definite signs of recovery. Mr. Colon is stabilizing. ”
Michaela was overwhelmed, gripping Chelsea’s hand with joy. Thank you, Chelsea. Thank you.
There were no more words–just the sound of sobs and a light embrace.!!
Time continued its quiet march And on the fifth day after he first stirred, Magnus finally opened his eyes.
Blinking against the bright hospital lights, the first thing he saw was Chelsea with her head resting by his side, sound asleep.!!
A laint smile tugged at the corners of his lips.
In his dreams, it had been her who pulled him back from the darkness.
He reached out slowly, placing his hand gently on her head, stroking her hair, feeling the warmth of her presence.
And for the first time in a long time, his heart felt warm again.
