Adopted novel Chapter 41

A man in his late fifties came to pick us up in a car and he took us into the house where we were greeted by maids and Mr. Black, " Hello Aurora, your parents didn't inform me about your coming, I would have come pick you up myself' Mr. Black said after hugging me and shaking Justin, "Actually, they don't know we are here. Can I talk to Cole please?" I responded to him politely "Aurora, William isn't around right now he's in the hospital with Sophie since the shooting" He continued sadly. "So, it's true he was shot?" I asked with tears in my eyes. "He wasn't but sadly Sophie was" He answered, hearing that alone broke any hope I had left.

"Can I see them please?" Wiping my tears and he nods picking up a key from the table and gets up while we followed him out of the house. He drove for some antagonizing minutes before we got to the hospital, we stepped out of the car into the hospital where he was greeted with a nod by the receptionist while he keeps walking, we took the elevator to the fifth floor getting off the elevator he led us towards a door entering the door I saw the Walkers speaking with a man who seems to be the doctor because of the way he's dressed.

Seeing me Mrs. Walker stopped talking and walked towards us before I could utter a word she pulled me into a hug and I could hear her trying to hold her tears, "She will be happy you came Aurora" she whispers to me "Where is she?" I asked her knowing Cole will definitely be with her, Mr. Walker pulled me into another hug while he sniffles and he points at the door where she was kept. Their reaction alone was enough to open the dam of tears have been keeping, Justin held my hand while I opened the door to her room and shut it behind me the sight was enough to make me gasp and fall.

Laying on the bed with a heavy bandage and lots of tubes was my best friend, the sound I made alerted Cole who was looking all tattered. Moving close to them, I see Cole holding her hand while her eyes were closed, seeing me Cole stood up to meet me and pulls me into a hug where he keeps crying and mumbling words I couldn't understand, I was also in tears because the only person that can comfort us was laying before our eyes and there was nothing we could do.

"How? When? Why?" Were the words that I could utter, "Babe it's still a dream to me, we were having lunch in the cafeteria and the next thing we saw was gunmen shooting around the place, we were all running for our lives I was holding her I swear to you Hazel but they kept shooting I was holding her hand while we ran the next thing I know was she stopped running and she fell, I

I and Cole held each other while Justin looked at us in tears also, "Aurora darling, the doctor will be taking her out of life support now dear. Would you say goodbye" I heard her mom's voice call out to me, she can't be pulled out today she has to come back right "please, I want to stay with her don't kill her today please I will pay for extra day please" I pleased with her "Miss Marshall, she needs peace and I know you want her to have that peace" the doctor responded instead. "Please sir. she's my best friend and I need to be with her am her miracle, she calls me her miracle I beg of you" I went on my kneel with tears. I was allowed to be with her today, she will be pulled off life support tomorrow afternoon.

Justin was called by Ava to ask about my whereabout and he told them the truth, we stayed in the room all night awake all of us in our own world. It was dawn and my phone ringing brought me out of my world looking at the caller it was Mom I gave the phone to Justin who picked it up and spoke with her, he gave the phone back to me with a sad smile on his face while he took his seat back. Cole and Emma's mom came into the room trying to get us breakfast which none of us wanted.