Chapter 5; You will get through this...

She strode in rashly and she noticed a woman lying on the bed and was on the brink of her death, there was a small lit candle that flicked through moving along with the wind.

Su Mao moved closer to the worn-out bed and went on her knees to reach the level of the worn-out bed she was lying on.

"Su Shou... what happened to you? Why do you look like this? What are you doing here?" Su Mao's eyes teared up gazing at her sister, they had a resemblance from their ears to their noses and the eyes... They had taken their father's features and you could see the similarities even though they were half-siblings.

"What happened to you, Su Shou?" She stretched her hands out and gently held her hands nervously at the thought that she would feel pain at the slightest use of force.

Fear gripped her heart forcing her to face the reality, the cruel reality that her sister may be in danger.

"Thank you for coming over Su Mao... I knew you were my true sister... Thank you..." the woman spoke up with great difficulty holding her hands while gazing at her unfocused eyes.

" What happened to you, Su Shou?" Tears fell down her cheeks as she felt heartache, she was not only her half-sister but also the only person that ever made her feel she was still a human.

"Promise me that you will take care of my babies, promise me, Su Mao..." Her shaking voice sounded as she gripped

Su Mao's hand tightly, she knew she didn't have time and this was the only person she believed and trusted in.

"I'm certain you will be alright, we will get through this, I promise you, I will take you to the hospital... Tang Ming, help me out ..." Su Mao comforted her as she stood up so that she could take her to the hospital as time was running out.

Tang Ming moved over to assist her mistress but Su Shou shook her head.

" Promise me! You have to promise me first!" Her shaking voice was already receding away, she had given birth prematurely while she was this severely injured.

"All right, I promise you! I promise you!" Su Mao pledged as she held her hand tightly while wiping her tears out.

This was her sister whom they had sheltered all the storms together, she was her true friend who had supported her in winning that Su company Presidential seat. She saw a mother in her.

Su Mao couldn't come to terms with seeing her sister like this after six good months of going missing, what could have happened?

"Miss, should we take her out... She might survive..." Tang Ming bent over suggesting, but Su Shou knew she didn't have time, Su Mao could already see her fading away... No matter how fast they moved, she was fading away faster.

"You don't need to..." Su Shou turned around and eyed her kids who were still lying there wrapped in worn-out blankets.

"Su Shou, what happened here? You have been missing for eight months now, why didn't you call me, whyy..? " She felt her heart being gnashed and sliced bit by bit, the heartache was so heart-wrenching that she didn't know what to do.

Tang Ming went down on the knees and hugged her mistress trying to comfort her.

" I didn't want to implicate you and never investigate my matters, forget I ever existed, Su Mao.. in my next life I will safeguard your life for eternity. " She closed her eyes and inhaled for the last time bidding her goodbye.

"Su Shou! Su Shou!" She nudged her shoulders but she was already lifeless as her body swayed motionlessly, her dear sister was no longer breathing. She could tell from her state that something must have happened down there.

She turned around to glance at the kids who had been given birth to, they were wrapped with worn and dirty bed sheets as they wailed out because of the cold and breathing for their very first time.

She stood up staggeringly while glancing at the triplets who were lying just beside her sister but one of them was experiencing difficulty in breathing, even though they were prematurely birthed, they didn't look that bad.

"Aarrrrgghhh!" Su Mao screamed out loudly as she couldn't believe whatever was transpiring, she couldn't come to terms that her sister had succumbed to death in such a devastating manner.

This is the girl she had loved and taken as the only true family amidst the tremendous difficulties and family conspiracies.

"Miss... You will get through this...." Tang Ming could only comfort her feeling her pain... It wasn't easy to lose that one person who treated you as a family.