Fix Your Heart

24

As soon as Mariella was asleep I went out of the room and called Elisabetta. She was like a mother to my sister and me.

"Eli, hey."

I guess she had already noticed from my voice that it was serious.

"What is wrong Nathaniel?" Her concern was not unfounded.

"Mariella will die tonight." My tears fell onto the floor and I sobbed after saying the truth out loud.

She didn't say anything for a minute and just let me cry. Then I could hear her grabbing her key.

"I'm on my way. Everything will be okay."

The whole way it took her to get to the hospital she stayed on the phone talking to me.

I would love to believe her but that would just be denying the truth.

As Eli saw me sitting outside of Mariella's room, she hung up and ran over.

Then she pulled me into a tight hug, which caused new tears to roll down my face.

I grabbed onto her for dear life.

We went inside Mariella's room and just stood there looking at how she slept.

"Have you told Lumi yet?" Eli whispered.

My eyes widened and I quickly looked at the clock.

Sh*t! It was already half past four.

"Go and call her. I'll stay with her." Eli walqked to the chair next to Mariella's bed and sat down.

I nodded and went out of the room again.

"Here we go." I took a deep breath and typed in her phone number.

After the first ring she had already picked up.

"Is everything okay Nate?"

As I heard her voice throat tightened up again.

"Can you come to the hospital?" I whispered hoping she could hear me.