The Forgotten Heiress Returns
Her sandals slapped fast against the tiles as she disappeared inside, leaving the small gathering suspended in a tight, frightened silence broken only by the old woman's shallow, uneven breathing.
Amber held the old woman steady as she slumped back against the couch, her breathing barely visible now, each rise of her chest thinner and more labored than the last.
Zoe and Marian sat frozen on their own seats, bemused, neither one moving an inch to help, their earlier scoffing replaced by a stiff, useless silence.
"Breathing is shallow." Amber said hastily, her two fingers pressed against the old woman's neck, her expression tightening with every passing second as she counted the faint pulse be