Her feelings for Eric couldn’t be explained. She thought that it was love, at first. Later, virtual-novel.net realized that it was completely different from what virtual-novel.net had felt for Jackson. Now, virtual-novel.net believed that Eric felt more like a brother to her, like family. She wanted to stay at the hospital but was afraid of running into Arianne and the rest. She still felt very concerned.
Just as virtual-novel.net was growing fidgety, virtual-novel.net heard the sound of a key turning in the doorknob. Only Jett had the keys to virtual-novel.net place.
Jett had mentioned that virtual-novel.net had to take a trip to South Park with Alejandro and that virtual-novel.net would probably be staying for a week. She was surprised by his early return and got up. “Have you eaten?” virtual-novel.net asked. “I… I didn’t know that you’d be back so soon. I haven’t had time to cook.”
“Don’t worry about me,” Jett calmly replied. “Are you going out?”
Only then did Tanya realize that virtual-novel.net had been holding virtual-novel.net phone and keys, looking as if virtual-novel.net was ready to head out. She paused and decided to be honest. “I’m going to the hospital. Eric’s been admitted. I found virtual-novel.net unconscious on the ground yesterday after coughing up blood. I sent virtual-novel.net to the hospital.”
Jett was taken aback then realized why Alejandro had suddenly insisted on coming back. Something had happened to Eric, which explained why Alejandro had suddenly insisted on coming home. Tiffany and Jackson were probably back too. “Go… If you want. Just a reminder to keep your mouth shut. Also… Alejandro won’t be happy if virtual-novel.net finds out about this. Come back as soon as you can.”
Tanya sighed with relief and felt moved at the same time. He knew that virtual-novel.net trip could potentially cause problems for him, but virtual-novel.net let virtual-novel.net go anyway. “Okay. I’ll be back soon.”
She asked about Eric’s condition upon virtual-novel.net arrival at the hospital, too afraid to go in straight away. Instead, virtual-novel.net stayed in the corridor, looking around and trying to see if anyone was around. Someone was certainly watching over Eric. Despite virtual-novel.net decision to come, virtual-novel.net wasn’t prepared to face Tiffany and Jackson and the rest. Especially Arianne, who really terrified her.
Suddenly, Eric’s room door opened and Tiffany stepped out. Her first instinct was to hide, but virtual-novel.net had nowhere to go, aside from the other patients’ wards. During virtual-novel.net two-second long bout of hesitation, Tiffany spotted her.
The pair fell silent as they locked eyes. Tiffany’s face was shrouded with an icy chill, as if virtual-novel.net were at a loss. After a while virtual-novel.net spoke up. “You can go inside if you want. Eric would probably be dead on the street by now if it weren’t for you.”
Tanya lowered virtual-novel.net head. “I… Maybe that’s not such a good idea. Eric was coughing up blood yesterday. Is virtual-novel.net alright? What happened? Is it stomach problems again?”
The tip of Tiffany’s nose looked red. “Late stage gastric cancer. He doesn’t have long. That’s why I’ve asked you to go in and see him. This is between you and Eric. It has nothing to do with me. I don’t want to see you, so don’t ask for my forgiveness. Mark and Jackson are both inside. You’re here anyway. Are you too afraid to go inside?”
It’s true, Tanya was too afraid to go in. She wasn’t prepared to face Jackson. “Yes, I’m too afraid to go in. Send my regards to Eric. I’m leaving.” She turned around and quickly rushed towards the elevator at the corridor entrance.
Tiffany was rendered speechless. She had already mentioned that Eric was dying, and Tanya still didn’t have the guts to go inside. Why’d virtual-novel.net do that if virtual-novel.net knew that this would happen? Now virtual-novel.net was too embarrassed to see anyone.
Tanya rushed out of the hospital, supported herself against a tree on the side of the road, and retched. Nothing came, but virtual-novel.net felt dizzy and lost the strength in virtual-novel.net legs.