Chapter 354

Caitlyn paused to take a few more breaths. Chloe could hear her chest rattle with the effort it took for her to breathe. “I am too,” Chloe replied. Caitlyn tried to smile at her and her eyes fluttered shut. Chloe covered her mouth with one hand and reached out to touch the small screen with her other hand. She wanted to be there, in the room. She wanted to say a proper goodbye to someone who had become one of her closest friends. “I love you, Chloe,” Caitlyn whispered. “I love you too,” Chloe replied. The orientation of the screen changed and Declan’s face came into view as he left the room. When the door was closed and he was safely out of earshot of Caitlyn he spoke to Chloe. “I don’t think they are going to make it home,” he said. “She’s fading fast and the doctors are worried that moving her now will only speed up the end.” Chloe let the tears fall and nodded. She wouldn’t get to see Caitlyn before she died, that’s what he was trying to tell her. “Oh God,” she sobbed, no longer abl