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A Secret to Hold Close Chapter Eighteen It had been a week since Sarah had overheard that fateful conversation between her sister and Dr. Blake and she had done nothing about it. Nothing but worry, that is. She didn�t want to bring it up with Mylie that she had been eavesdropping but since that day her sister was slowly fading away. It was true� Mylie just seemed to be giving up! Sarah walked down the hall of the hospital towards Mylie�s room. Her parents and she basically lived at the hospital now as they spent as much time with Mylie as possible. The worry and stress was taking their toll on their whole family but they all tried to hide it from Mylie. Everyone wanted her last minutes to be filled with love from her family and friends. Sarah entered the room to find her parents dozing in their chairs and Mylie awake watching them with a sad expression on her thin face. She had lost so much weight and her naturally tan skin was pale to the point of almost being translucent. Everything about her seemed faded even her unusual gold eyes. She turned when she heard the door open and gave her blond sister a weak smile. �How is Emma?� Mylie asked in a hushed voice, partially because she didn�t want to wake her parents and partially because she wasn�t strong enough to talk any louder than a whisper. �She�s good. She said she would come by as soon as all the campers left for home.� Their youngest sister was spending the summer working at a summer program for troubled kids. �She�s doing a lot for those kids, isn�t she?� �Yeah� she wishes she could do more for you though. We all do.� Sarah said sadly. Mylie shook her head, �Sarah we�ve been through this�� Sarah felt a flash of anger, �No Mylie we haven�t �been through this.� Every time I try and bring �this� up you change the topic. You�ve seem to forget how much we love you and how we don�t want to lose you!� Mylie turned her face away from Sarah and towards the window but instead of dropping the subject like before, Sarah kept pressing the issue. �No Mylie we need to talk about this! Especially what you did to Danny.� Sarah saw the impact her words had on Mylie when her sister turned back to face her. There were tears running down her face and Sarah instantly felt like the worst person alive. She climbed into the hospital bed next to her sister and wrapped her arms around Mylie�s thin frame. �Oh sis, I�m so so so sorry!� Mylie took the tissue Sarah was offering her and wiped her face. �No you�re right. You�ve always been right. Do you know how much I wish I could go back and change everything? But it too late now and Danny probably doesn�t ever want to speak to me again. Not after the lies I�ve told!� Sarah just shook her head, �Mylie you don�t know what he is going to do! I think you should give him the chance he disserves! I have a feeling that his love for you would overpower any bad feelings that might have appeared from this whole ordeal. Tom has said�� Mylie perked up, �Wait! Tom has told you things about Danny?� Sarah nodded her head. �Yeah apparently he is taking it really bad�� Mylie�s hands clenched around a section of blanket, �You see what I�ve done? I�ve made all the wrong decisions thinking it was the right thing� how do I know what is the right thing to do anymore?� Sarah gave her sister a light hug, afraid that she might hurt her rail thin body, �You can�t know for certain until you�ve tried it. But I would say follow you�re heart. Call him.� Mylie seemed thoughtful and Sarah held her breath not wanting to push her anymore, just waiting for her decision. But Sarah almost cried when she shook her head sadly, �No. We all know that I don�t have much time left� but will you promise me one thing?� Sarah nodded, �Anything.� �As soon as I� pass� will you call him and tell him the truth? I want him to know what really happened.� Sarah nodded again, knowing that she would have done that anyway. �Listen I�m going to get some coffee and I�ll be right back, ok?� Mylie nodded, her eyes starting to close sleepily as she had used up all her energy. Sarah got up out of the bed and tucked her sister in snugly before tip-toeing out of the room. When she was far enough down the hall she pulled out her phone and called Tom. It rang a few times before he picked up. �Hey baby. What�s up?� Her heart still leapt with joy at his voice but she had a plan to put into motion and she shoved that feeling aside. �Hey, I tried to talk so sense into Mylie but she�s not giving in.� �I�m not surprised� you both have the Larson stubbornness down pat.� �Yeah well mine�s about to come into play. If she isn�t going to do the right thing it�s time for us to step in and do it for her. I have a plan�� Back |