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Chapter XIV: Breathless
Marco sat motionless in one of the waiting chairs, his arms crossed over his chest and his trembling fingers bunched into fists as he reminded himself to inhale and then exhale. Knowing that with the current predicament heavy in the air, he had the tendency to forget breathing.
He couldn’t believe his own eyes, staring back at the red inflamed word: Operation.
Just three days ago – maybe more, maybe less – he had broken down and poured out to Sofia how everything was affecting him, how he had lost hope and believed that he would lose his brother. Now today, he sat outside the operation theater, with Salvatore inside on the slab and a team of the best physicians transplanting a heart into his chest.
At the realization of is brother getting a heart, he forced down the laugh that bubbled inside him and instead focused his attention on those around him.
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