I still didn’t understand. After everything we’d been through, David just left me like that. Now, all the determination I had built to help him, to help that little girl lying in the hospital bed, as well as Daniel and Dr. John, felt like an empty hope something I would never be able to achieve.
Was everything Dr. John said true? Was it really that hard to go up against Mr. Jimmy? Even Danielm David’s best friend couldn’t bring him down? Had I truly taken the wrong step? The wrong path? Had I failed to uncover the truth?
Why did Dr. John’s painful words, followed by David’s indifference, feel like my entire world was collapsing?
My heart burned. It hurt. I felt suffocated. My breath caught in my throat, something sharp pierced through my chest. It was agonizing.
I made my way back to m
