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You stood up, ready to go to Kristina, but it seemed like she didn't even notice you as they passed by you and Atlas. You and Atlas followed them until they told Kristina not to enter the room at the end of the hallway.

"Kristina," you mumbled.

Kristina looked at you with tears in her eyes. You gave her a tight hug as her body started to shake. She cried on your shoulder for a couple of minutes.

"My grandma, she collapsed—she just collapsed, unconscious," she said.

You and Atlas looked at each other. It was at that moment that you hated yourself, because the first thought that entered your mind was, Who will clear Atlas now? And what will happen to you? You knew the mere second that you and Atlas met eyes that he was thinking the same thing; it couldn't be just you, right?

You brushed the sick thoughts away.

After a couple of minutes, a doctor went out of the room and informed Kristina of the terrible news.

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