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Lucy paced her office frantically “Antonio Oh, God! He h hell" She picked up her cell phone to call him and realized she didn’t have his private number She didn’t want to call the office

“Listen,” Lucy sighed, “since Shelly called us, we’ll go to lend our support”

Lucy’s stoht about not letting his grandfather get involved with a high-risk wedding ceremony Oh, God! What had she done? Why hadn’t she listened to Antonio in the first place and cancelled the whole darn thing in the beginning?

When Lucy and Maxine arrived at the hospital on the fourth floor, they were seated outside in the visitor lounge Shelly had already brought the Lucy could not believe how quickly things could change in a heartbeat Literally She had spoken to Toni and Shelly early thatnuptials and now this

Antonio was in the ICU with his grandfather Lucy could see through the glass how broken and crushed he appeared Guilt tore through Lucy

Oh, Antonio I’ive me

Tears stung her swollen eyes as she sat there, tre under the air-conditioned area It was the end of September yet the chill of early fall had already touched them

Oh, why didn’t I listen to you, Antonio? Maybe he would have been resting in bed instead of dealing with last ht of being up in a huot to him

Lucy hugged herself while she gazed through the glass partition of the ICU Hoping, wishing, praying that Toni would pull through

“You know, he told et married,” Shelly cried into her tissues “I told him that I will always love him and it doesn’t matter about a piece of paper” Shelly continued to sob as Lucy wrapped her arm around her

“It’s okay It’ll be alright,” Lucy consoled

Just then, the teain when Mariam walked in She eyed Lucy with such conteaze

Maria but spoke to the nurse who ca up Lucy re that Mariam had been a faithful assistant to his father and in the fao into the ICU as a family member

“Wow, she’s really nice,” Maxine commented