#Chapter 90: A foiled attempt

Nan’s POV My brains was in shambles. I couldn’t think straight. Nothing had terrified me like this before. Not even David’s threats or being nearly drowned by the neighborhood children as a kid. I knew the sight of Vera’s unconscious, blue tinted face and closing throat would be seared into my brain for the rest of my life. I desperately turned her over. But there was no signs of choking. Nothing to get out of her throat. I was too panicked to think properly. To actually register what I was looking at. I would later despise myself for not realizing sooner. Patti’s own choked sounds made the terror almost physically excruciating. She was not bad off. Her coughs not as serious…yet. I did not know what to do. I could not leave Vera. Not when she was so bad off. Yet I could not leave Patti to her fate either. It felt like fate was asking me to pick between my girls. I couldn’t do it. Irina’s screams did not help. “By the goddess, somebody help us!” She would not st