《THE COUNT》

new day

Justin laid on the large bed,
sleeping.
He could barely open his eyes.
The night was very alarming.
He could not live.

Natasha watched her cousin,
keeping an eye of Justin.She was worried that he would get up again,
and try to do the same thing.
She felt strong sorrow for her cousin.
Justin was very ill.

Marya kept an eye out for Justin as well.
The doctor had just left.
Justin’s arm was still bleeding,
only with a few drops.
The session was almost done.
It wasn’t going to be long before it was gone.

Marya and Natasha had stayed up all night.
They watched over Justin.
Justin was very ill,
having poisoned himself
with a bit of arsenic.

After Jason had left,
Marya went to go “wake” up Justin.
Though he had never slept,
he listened like he was waking up.

Marya told him the news of Zayn’s marriage,
and how he was married to one of the Bolkonskys.
Justin couldn’t handle it.
His emotions couldn’t handle it.

So as Marya and Natasha started to get ready for sleep.
Justin had walked downstairs,
preparing to drink the poison.
He poured it into a glass of water.
Quickly, after drinking the whole glass.
Justin had panicked,
he rushed to Marya and Natasha and told them what he had done.

Immediately, Marya called for a doctor.
The doctor had removed blood.
The blood felt like it was Zayn.
Every last bit of Zayn was bled out.
The treatment was extremely painful for Justin.

Bloodletting,
that’s what the doctor told Justin.
He said as he stabbed open a vein in Justin’s arm.
Justin felt amused,
watching the blood spurt out.
He knew it was Zayn leaving him.

Natasha stared at her sleeping cousin,
he was resting.
The house was still at a state of alarm and commotion.
Justin was very ill still.

After the treatment,
and the doctors.
Justin was out of danger,
but still so weak.

Prince Andrey was to return that day.
The family waited with dread.

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The Prince knocked on the large doors of a familiar house.
A servant opened the door,
gasping, he immediately opened the door wide.
He walked the Prince through the house.
He lead the Prince to his old friend.

Jason turned around to see Prince Andrey.
He dropped the papers in his hands on the desk.
His mouth was wide open,
not believing who he had saw.

Andrey smiled, he was gloomy.
“Well…
How are you?” Andrey asked Jason.
Jason did not answer.
“Still getting stouter?” Andrey answered for himself.
He kept himself from using the word, "fatter",
knowing he used the word from befofe.

Jason smiled a bit at his friend’s joke.
He knew he was getting big.
“There’s a new wrinkle,
on your forehead,
old friend.” Jason remarked.
They were both getting old.
They were getting old.

Andrey liked to lie about his age.
Jason was honest about his age.
He was 44 years old.
Andrey was 40 years old.
9 years older than he would say.
Justin did not know that.

Andrey walked up to Jason,
he gave him a hug.
They embraced each other.
It had been too long since they last seen each other.
Jason was overjoyed to see his friend.
Andrey was even more overjoyed to see his friend.
They had known each other since childhood.

Andrey had been there when Jason’s father had died.
He remembered the controversy when Jason got everything from his father.
Everyone in Liverpool tried to get something from Old Count McCann.
Jason had gotten lucky,
he was at his drinking reign.