★JASMINE★
Cynthia's bloodied and broken lips stretched, revealing her bloodstained teeth as she muttered. "La–Lad-y Jas-mine?" She slurred my name into multiple syllables because of her swollen lips.
"It's me, Cyn—thia." My voice cracked with tears as I cooed. "It's me.”
She managed a small smile. A trickle of blood streamed down one corner of her lips. “I k–new I am go-ing to find yo-u here."
"Oh, Cynthia!” Tears welled up in my eyes and I gritted my teeth in anguish before pulling her into a hug. “I am so sorry for abandoning you there.”
"Ow, it hu–rts." She winced painfully.
“I'm sorry," I said, immediately removing my hands from her frame.
Her eyes crystallized with tears. "No, it's fi–ne." She said, coughing and spitting out blood on the floor and I felt a wave of pity wa
