Chapter152:

Chapter 152 Eva's Point of View Sara's earlier outburst had left an almost tangible darkness in the air, her venomous words still echoing in my mind like a broken record. I stood by my father's bedside, my trembling fingers barely touching his cold hand. The great William Brown the man who had seemed larger than life itself now lay still and vulnerable, surrounded by beeping monitors and IV lines. The evening shadows crept across the room, painting everything in shades of gray. A nurse had come by earlier to draw the blinds, but I'd opened them again, needing to see the sky darken, to remind myself that time was still moving forward even though everything in this room felt frozen. Josh moved closer, his presence steady and comforting in the way it had always been. "Are you okay?" he asked softly, his voice cutting through the heavy silence. I nodded automatically, though we both knew it was a lie. "I'm fine," I whispered, but my trembling hands betrayed me. I tried to still them by gri