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LUCKY?

Author: Ella Mart
last update Last Updated: 2025-08-21 16:24:28

KATRINA’S POV

“Mel, come here, it’s okay.” My voice cracked, but I forced myself to sound steady. “I’m here now. I had to leave work to get here, so calm down, alright?”

Melissa was on the hospital floor, before i lifted her up, her face pale, her hands trembling, tears streaming down uncontrollably. I crouched down and touched her shoulder gently, though inside, confusion and frustration twisted in me. She wasn’t Xavier’s girlfriend. I was. Yet here she was, breaking down as if the world had ended.

“You can’t be on a hospital floor like that,” I whispered, guiding her up. “It’s not healthy, baby. Come on.” I helped her sit on one of the waiting chairs. She clung to me for a second, and I tried to be patient, but my mind was a storm. Why is she crying this hard? Why does it look like her pain is worse than mine?

I straightened up quickly, pressing my palm against my chest as though it would hold my breaking heart together. Xavier was my boyfriend, my everything, yet I had to keep my e
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