>* Follow God's north for your life's calling. *****Happy 40 chapters, lovely readers! *After about two hours of waiting, the emergency room light was turned off indicating that the doctor's had completed their primary duty... The trio stood up immediately when the door was opened and waited for the doctor to come out... The doctor in charge gave a faint smile when he saw them... " Doctor, how is he? " Mary inquired quickly... Sighing... The doctor replied, his words were contrary to the one they were expecting and it really broke them to hear it... " We managed to remove the bullets... Luckily they weren't shot at his heart... But he lost a lot of blood and would really need a donor... " " A donor? Haven't you contacted the other blood banks in the country? " The PA said. " We have... Unfortunately, they are all out of stock of his particular blood type. " " Don't tell me his blood type is AB negative... " Mary said in horror. " Unfortunately it is. "

>* The compound effect states that we are all where we are in life as a result of our constant habits and actions. *****" Little Maria... " Aiden called out slowly... " Brother? " Despite being annoyed at him, she still raised up her tear-filled eyes to look at him... Aiden raised his hands and used it to wipe out her tears before raising up her chin to look at him... " Do you remember... How you used to take chocolate bars from my bag and I'll still put another one there despite knowing that you are always taking them? " " Yes, Brother... You often scold me for eating too much chocolate... Yet, you would always give in to me whenever I cry for one... " " Hm... Do you recall when you ended up throwing up all over me when you were sick? " " I do, brother... Then I had thought you would scold me to death. Yet you didn't, rather, you simply changed your clothes and took care of me... " Mary's eyes were filled with nostalgia. " And when you fractured your ankles from

>* You'll never know if you are hitting the mark, if you have nothing to aim at. *****" Aren't you supposed to still be on bed rest? " Malisa completed her words as she took a bite of the apples... " Well... " " Don't mind him, sis... He's always acting like a Superman who doesn't need to rest well even after a surgery... " " That's a mean thing to say to your brother, Mary... " " Oh... " Mary paused before turning to face her brother. " So sorry about that, Bro... "" It's okay... " " You know sometimes, I wonder if you too are really siblings or father and daughter. " Malisa commented... " Well... Lots of people say that too, I guess it's due to the 16yrs age gap between us... " " Yeah... Nevertheless, it's still very cool... " " I guess... " " You too don't have to worry so much about me, I am fine... I also did a full body check up earlier and the doctor assured me that I was fine... The only thing I need to take care of is the bullet wound... " " Oh... " " By t

>* Put your confidence in God alone, and he will cause you to truly succeed. * **** Mary was having a not so pleasant day at school... She got into an argument with her best friend in the morning... The latter kept questioning their friendship on and on. Despite Mary's continual assurance, she still wasn't convinced... Apparently, Amanda had a party at her house which she had invited Mary to as her best friend... But Mary couldn't attend the party as her brother had warned her about attending parties at a young age. So well... Amanda got annoyed and so they got into an argument... As if that wasn't enough... Mary ended up being called upon by the math teacher to solve a particular question on the board... Poor Mary, who hadn't even been paying attention to the lesson, ended up embarrassing herself in front of the whole class... It was almost like the whole world was against her as the teacher sent her off to detention for the rest of the day... Mary went to

>* Make time for everything that is important to you. ***** Malisa entered her room and entered into the walk in wardrobe... She scrolled through the sea of dresses as she wondered what she should wear... There were dresses of different colors, lengths, designs and styles... And, they all looked so beautiful and elegant that she found herself contemplating which one to choose. Just when she wanted to give up thinking and pick up a random dress, she felt a presence by her side. " Let me help you... " It was none other than, Aiden... He had been waiting for her to come downstairs for minutes but after waiting for a while he decided to go ahead to check up on her himself. And that's when he saw her Inside the walk-in wardrobe looking for the perfect dress... He found himself smiling at this, shouldn't she just put on something simple and elegant... She didn't have to search endlessly for the perfect dress alright? It's not like they are going out on a date or so