Life of lies

Chapter 50 - Timeless Love⌛❤

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It all begins and ends in your mind, what you give power to, has power over you, if you allow it
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Aria's POV

I wasn't allowed to go see Elisa, till a week after, when I was stronger.

"Where are we going?" I ask Carl as he pushes the wheelchair, my siblings and parents behind us.

"To Elisa" he replies.

"Do you think she'll want to see me? Seeing me might worsen her condition.

"Don't worry, she wouldn't object"

"Why do you say so?" I ask as we finally stop in front of a white door.

"Is she here? How bad is her condition?" I ask.

"Are you ready to see for yourself?" Lawson asks as he squats in front of me.

I swallow back the lump forming in my throat before nodding. "Yes" I reply.

Slowly, the door opens......

What I see, is not something I thought I would ever see in my life!

I begin to feel chill air hit my skin, a shiver runs down my chin.
My eyes go as wide as saucers.

The sight made me really sick and weak.

The rest of my family stayed outside, while Carl stood beside me as I observed her.

A doctor was beside her.
So many different equipments were connected to her body. So many on her head, one holding her head still in one place from both sides, an oxygen mask covering her nose and mouth.

I could barely recognize her. Her hair has been cut off, her once tanned skin now as white as snow. She laid lifeless and it scared every fiber of my body.

"What happened?"

"The accident was a very terrible accident. It's a miracle she's still alive right now, because she lost her memory and is now suffering from Anterograde Amnesia. she doesn't remember anything and anyone. Probably, the swelling from the trauma put pressure on her brain, which is restricting the flow of information"

"How long will this last?" I ask.

"Uh...probably months, or years. I can't say the exact time, because right now, she can't remember the events of her TBI and there's a probability that she never will, because her brain didn't store those memories, but over the years, she might start remembering the early part of her life."

"But, that's not all...." The doctor trails off.

"What is it?" I ask, my heart already violently pounding in my chest.

"We had to amputate her legs" I let out a sharp gasp.

"Why?"

"If we hadn't, she would have been long gone. There was a serious trauma in her limbs, due to the crash from the accident, which caused the tissue in her leg to die, due to lack of oxygen and nutrients. Situations like this can lead to infections and gangrene, so the only choice we had was to cut it off, else, it would have been more dangerous and life threatening."

I look at the girl I once called my best friend. Nora Coleson.

How'd it come to this? Why did it have to end this way? This is worse than death.

She hated me with passion, she was filled with anger and vengeance.
I never wished for this to happen.
Hell! I wouldn't even wish this for the devil.
Elisa is as good as dead.
She can't even move any part of her body, she can't talk too.