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As the long minutes tick by, Elizabeth watches her aunt apologize to the angry traffic policeman, but finally the sound of engines fills the air and her aunt drives away...
"Are we nearing the hospital?" Elizabeth asks, clutching her seatbelt with both hands, due to the reckless speed at which Isabella is hitting the wheels of her car on the asphalt.
"Yes, yes, we're almost there," Isabella replies absently, her eyes on her phone screen with white lights hitting her entire face.
It seems she is trying to reconnect with Jack after the call cut off .
And so Elizabeth adjusted her position, casting her gaze out the window_____
The long, dark street is as if it has no end, surrounded by huge trees from every corner.
For a moment, the young girl feels as if the shadow of a hanging corpse is looking at her among the trees with empty white eyes, as if every word she heard minutes ago is ringing in her mind without stopping...
Her heartbeats rise, sweat begins to gather on her forehead. 'What did I just see?!' she asks herself, but there is no answer for the poor girl, a coldness spreads throughout her limbs.
Without thinking, she turned her face towards her aunt angrily, leaning forward and suddenly shouting, "I WANT TO SIT BESIDE YOU!!"
making her aunt jump again, clutching her chest and almost losing control of the steering wheel,"WHAAAT"
But as soon as she saw Elizabeth's face in the mirror, she finally slammed on her car's brakes, saying, "Are you okay?! Your face suddenly looks sweaty?!"
Without even thinking for another second, she jumped into the front seat next to her aunt. "This is better," she muttered to herself, signaling to her aunt to go..
"Okay then," Isabella whispers, raising an eyebrow and looking very confused after a while, perhaps trying to process what happened. "Are you sure you're okay?!" she asks again a minute later anyway.
"Yes, I'm sure," Elizabeth muttered to her aunt, relaxing her back with a deep breath like lava in her throat.
Nevertheless, the hanging body of James does not leave her mind.
She almost swears that she still feels as if a black shadow with strange white eyes is looking at her from among the trees with a terrifying laugh splitting its face.
It was as if a heavy, thick rope was coming back to wrap around her neck...it was fear.
"You don't look very well," Isabella tells her, curious about the reason for her sudden nervousness, but before she can speak and utter her next question, the sound of the phone interrupts her and the word 'idiot'' lights up the screen.
With a sigh and boredom, Isabella is talking on the phone with Jack to find out more information, not noticing Elizabeth, whose face is constantly fixed on the dark street and the trees, as if her eyes are searching among the trees for something.
'Something bad is going to happen' was the only thought in the young girl's heart and mind until she finally arrived at the hospital.
The car stopped in front of the huge building.
"Let's go then," Isabella says as she gets out of the car, followed immediately by Elizabeth.
Her heart races as soon as her foot touches the hospital steps.
Her eyes look around; people are everywhere: the patient, the doctor, everyone with their own problems, some crying with joy and others with sadness after losing a loved one, and some still waiting in their chairs...
Her eyes still search around until they settle on the back of a man...it's her father standing at the end of a corridor talking to a doctor.
Her eyes still search around until they settle on the back of a man...it's her father standing at the end of a corridor talking to a doctor. She immediately tells her aunt, "There he is!!" Together they rush towards him. "DAD, DAD!!" she calls out to him, and so she hugs him quickly.
Surprised, Henry turns around, startled by the arms that suddenly appear... As soon as he turns around, he realizes it is his daughter.
He calms down, saying, "Elizabeth?!" He raises his face to Isabella as well, and thus greets both of them, continuing, "It's good that you came quickly. I was talking to a doctor a few minutes ago. He reassured me about Nora's condition."
"How is she?" Isabella asks, completely worried about her sister, while Elizabeth let go of her father to hear what he will say as well, but a sharp voice suddenly intervenes from behind Henry, "Don't worry, she will be fine."
It is a doctor wearing a medical mask that hides his features almost completely, so that only his golden honey eyes are visible.
"What do you mean she will be? Where is she now?" Isabella asks quickly, her anxiety seems to be rising. On the other side, Elizabeth also looks at a doctor and says, "Yes, where is my mom?!"
"She is in this room, ma'am, but she is unconscious. It must be the effect of the shock," the doctor tells them both, raising his hand to shake theirs and introducing himself. "I am Dr. Jeffrey, ma'am."
While he shakes hands with Isabella... Elizabeth ignores almost everything he said and leaves them, heading to the room he mentioned. She immediately opens the door.
The sound of the door creaking rings... There is Nora lying on the bed, white gauze wrapping her bleeding head ,she looks very still.