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My heart pounds as Nicholas enters the room, followed by Christos, and I ask them what happened. They tell me that Iris has passed and I clamp my hand over my mouth, shocked. How? I ask and they also don’t know what the cause is and tears pool in my eyes, devastated for Athena.
But there’s no time to dwell on it, as she needs us. I inform them that the doctor is coming for her, all of us now knowing what made her like this. She’s now lying in bed, tears streaming down her face, and I quickly cross the room and take her hand. She looks at me with a heartbreaking look in her eyes, and I sit down next to her and hold her. She cries, clutching my top, while I repeat how sorry I am, wishing I could take away all her pain.
I wonder what happened, bu
