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Chapter 33: In Twenty-Four Hours

Author: Shirley South
last update publish date: 2025-11-27 16:15:21

Bella's POV

The next twenty-four hours felt like walking through an endless corridor of white noise and ticking clocks. Hospitals had that kind of energy.

I hadn’t planned to stay. I’d meant to return to the U.S. that day, to Cole’s arms and his easy warmth that made me forget the cracks in my own soul. But the doctor's quiet insistence that Rose remain under observation forced me to pause, and that pause stretched into a long, unending day.

It was nearly 10 a.m. when I returned to the ward aft
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