CHAPTER TEN Martha was still lying down there. Lifeless. The oxygen cylinder had long been removed and she had slipped into a coma. The doctor had explained that her hypertension had graduated into pulmonary arterial hypertension. She looked like there was no improvement. The realistic Mabel was not sure if Martha would survive this but the religious Mabel had chosen to keep hope alive. A four-month coma was the height of it and a really cruel blow from life. Everything she had, had gone into this. Everything they had. And so far, there has been a ripple effect on the lives of them all. Her own health was going down especially with her new love for drugs. Her morality has been swept underway. To think that she would ever be into drugs. She who preached against it. She was also not taking

