Chapter 13: Thud

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A/N: So um... hello. This is me updating so I can finish this series off... and write OTHER stuff... so um yeah...

They said nothing to each other the next morning.

Mitchie went and woke up her precious Tesoro.

And Shane distractedly through on clothing for work.

Neither of them could focus on the world around them.

They didnt mean to go so far.

They didnt mean to let their feelings rise through the cracks.

But they did.

And it happened.

And they had a mysterious, eerie feeling that now everything else would go to hell.

Because for the first time in decades there was no drama in their relationship.

Shane was getting old.

And he knew it.

But he didnt expect his days to be numbered so quickly.

Yet that was what he found out when he was at work.

And suddenly his body began to ache.

Particularly on the left side...

He ignored it.

But then his chest started to hurt.

And his vision started to dull.

And he fell out of his chair.

Onto the floor.

With a thud.

His coworkers surrounded him.

But he was already out.

His heart was thudding.

But it was squeezing.

And crying.

He needed help.

Or his numbered days.

Were going to end.