Alpha's Remorse After Her Death (Amber and Julian) novel Chapter 255

Chapter 255

Julian’s POV

Amber’s frantic behavior had me worried, but if she wanted to check on Mom so badly, I didn’t see any reason

to deny her. So I stepped back as she stood up, and then I followed her out into the hallway and down to the

waiting room.

Amber was moving quickly, but I stayed in time. When we entered the room, Penny and Blake were already in

there. They jumped, surprised to see us coming in, in such a rush.

“Everything okay?” Penny asked.

“I don’t know,” I admitted.

Amber wasn’t answering. Instead, she went straight to Mom. She checked all of her vitals, then her IV, and

finally her chart. When she lowered the chart back to the foot of the bed, she rubbed her forehead, like she had a

headache brewing.

“Amber?” I asked.

“I just don’t understand,” she said. “She doesn’t seem any different.”

Penny and Blake shared a glance.

“That’s a good thing, right?” Penny asked.

It should have been, certainly. At least that’s what I thought. Penny and Blake too, if I could judge by the new

concern on their faces, looking at Amber.

None of us could really understand what was going on with her. She just wasn’t making sense today.

“I could have sworn… last night… that she woke up,” Amber said cautiously.

“She didn’t,” I said. “You would have called me.” I thought I understood what was happening now. I

approached her and gently touched her arm. “I found you asleep this morning, Amber. Maybe you were just

lucid dreaming that she woke up. You were exhausted last night. You could have fallen asleep.”

It made perfect sense to me. When I’d left with Alice, Amber had barely been able to keep her eyes open. If she

had fallen asleep, she could have easily dreamed that Mom had woken up, but that didn’t make it real, even if it

felt that way to Amber.

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“Maybe,” Amber said, but didn’t seem fully convinced. She looked to Penny and Blake. “I’m sorry to have worried you. Everything is fine with Gloria.”

She glanced at me next and I knew without her saying so that she wanted me to follow her. Together we walked out of Mom’s room and through the waiting room to return to her office. There, she continued to rub her forehead, with both hands this time.

“Headache?” I asked.

“My head is throbbing,” she replied.

“Here,” I said. “Allow me.

With my gentle coaxing, Amber moved her hands aside and I replaced hers with my own. While keeping my thumbs on her forehead, rubbing small circles on her skin, I combed my fingers into her hair to rub there as well, giving her a full head massage.

Her eyes fluttered closed at once and she sighed.

“Good?” I asked.

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