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Enchantment Of The Eternal

Penulis: Warf

Bab 1: Regret Always Comes Last

Happiness...

What was happiness?

Someone said he was just happy because he got a birthday present. Another said that his parents always read fairy tales before bed.

Anastasia Clarke brooded over her bed '...Happiness?'

She didn't feel the happiness of the people who came to her, only the fake smile Anastasia saw. Although Anastasia always got gifts on her birthday and always read fairy tales by her parents for her bedtime.

However, from the giving and attention given to Anastasia from her family, in fact behind that there was a reason that had made Anastasia suffer.

Anastasia Clarke was a little girl who had suffered from a rare disease Blood Disorder since birth, an illness that attacks the blood cells. She was the first person to suffer from this rare disease, and at that time, no doctor was able to cure Anastasia's disease.

Due to the lack of knowledge regarding the management of this rare disease, doctors are trying to keep Anastasia alive through a series of treatments and taking the particular medication regularly.

The treatment done by the doctor was only able to prolong Anastasia's life, not cure her disease. Little Anastasia must undergo routine blood transfusion 2 times a week and consume 4 types of particular medication 2 times a day for her life.

The side effects of the treatment given to little Anastasia continued to make her body weak and limp. Even though she has to do the treatment regularly in the hospital.

Her father was a Clarke Company director, a wealthy property company, and her mother was a well-known fashion designer.

Knowing that their daughter's body condition was getting worse because they had to go back and forth to the hospital, Anastasia's parents took the initiative to reduce their daughter's activity in hospitalization by asking the doctor to treat Anastasia at Clarke's home only.

Moving the special equipment for Anastasia's treatment was not cheap. They had to pay a lot of money to make the special equipment the Clarke Family property.

To cover the cost, Mr. Clarke must be willing to sell part of the Clarke Company assets at a slant price. Meanwhile, Mrs. Clarke was devastated and felt guilty for her daughter after knowing the cause of her daughter's illness. She immediately quit as a fashion designer and chose to take care of little Anastasia.

The cause of Anastasia disease was due to the actions of Mrs. Clarke. During her heyday as a fashion designer, she was busy and did not have time to have her pregnancy checked by a doctor.

In fact, Mrs. Clarke only had her pregnancy checked once during her pregnancy. That's too reckless for a mother who has been pregnant before.

Until her 7 months of pregnancy, Mrs. Clarke had a terrible night and had to be taken to the hospital.

The results of the doctor's examination stated that Mrs. Clarke and her baby were in critical condition. Mr. Clarke, who did not know what had happened to his wife and his future baby, was cornered to 2 difficult and tough choices that would determine the Clarke Family's future.

Mr. Clarke's baby, who would be born has a rare disease for which no cure has been found. It was confirmed that his future daughter would not be able to live like a normal girl and would not live beyond the age of 10. And doctors recommended aborting Mr. Clarke's, future baby.

But if Mr. Clarke decides to abort his future baby, this will be Mrs. Clarke's last pregnancy, meaning she will not be able to get pregnant again.

Mr. Clarke felt very sad and devastated after hearing the doctor's explanation about his wife and his future baby's condition. He began to regret that he was too busy with his work and never accompanied his wife to check her pregnancy.

His wife's critical condition made Mr. Clarke must immediately make good and wise decisions for his family. He decided to save his baby girl.

Mr. Clarke was determined with all his heart and will protect and make his baby girl happy even though his baby's age may be concise as described by the doctor.

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It has been almost 16 years since Anastasia was born. She has grown up to be a beautiful girl like her mother, with a purple pigtail hairstyle and brown eyes like her father.

Because Anastasia never went out of the house and was rarely exposed to direct sunlight, making her skin a very charming pale white.

Anastasia's parents' initiative turned out to be successful in making Anastasia's life longer than doctors expected. Anastasia's parents are even optimistic that their daughter's age will be much more likely until 50.

Anastasia was not the only child in the Clarke family. She has an older brother who was five years older than Anastasia. Even though they are brothers, her older brother does not suffer from rare diseases like her.

After graduating from college, her older brother chose to work at the Clarke Company to have more flexible time to accompany his sister at home.

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* Knock * * Knock *

Anastasia heard the sound of knocking at the door, knowing that today is the day of her maintenance routine. She believes that it was the doctor who knocked on her door, dan lets him knock without giving an answer, hoping that the doctor didn't do the treatment on her birthday.

"Anna? Are you in there? If so, please answer." Her older brother's voice was sad.

Feeling a little relieved because it was not a doctor who came, Anastasia could not easily believe it. It could be that her older brother helped the doctor to persuade her to open the locked door.

"Did you come with a doctor?" Anastasia confirmed.

"No, I'm just alone." Her older brother in a reassuring voice.

* Click *

Using the remote, Anastasia opened the locked door. Actually, without the need to ask Anastasia's permission, her older brother could just open her bedroom door with the spare remote, but because he knew that she would be furious if he did it without permission.

Besides not wanting the doctor to mess up her birthday, Anastasia also has trauma to the doctor. The trauma every day got strong as long as the treatment continued.

"Am I bothering you?" A soft voice slowly followed the open door. And a man with brown hair and black eyes walked into her bedroom.

"No, I'm awake." Anastasia had noticed flat cardboard, which he was trying to hide from her. Her older brother always tried to hide the gifts he was carrying. Still, Anastasia's eyes could quickly see what he was carrying.

"I brought a present for you, Anna. Can you guess what item I brought?" He walked over to her.

"I am not interested in!" She was curious about his older brother's gift because this time it was smaller than usual, she answered curtly.

Because her older brother only knows that Anastasia likes dolls, he always brings dolls when she does routine treatment. About 1,536 dolls of various shapes adorn the walls of her room. The doll has been collected by Anastasia from the age of 3 until now.

"Come on, even though you don't know what gift I brought?" Her older brother coaxed her with a funny voice.

Anastasia was nonchalant because she knew that her older brother would definitely persuade her with a funny attitude to make her curious about the gifts he brought.

"Hehe, okay, now I'm curious." Anastasia chuckled after seeing her older brother acting funny.

"Hooray! What gift did I bring ... Ta - da." He was in a magician style showing a flat box.

"Hmm ... I can't see what that thing is?" Anastasia held her happy expression.

His older brother immediately opened the flat box in front of Anastasia who sitting on her bed.

"Whoa! The newest version of the Knight Game!" Anastasia was pleased when she saw the gift from her older brother.

* Step * * Step *

After letting Anastasia hold the DVD Game, her older brother grabbed her hand. "Anna, it looks like the doctor is almost here. I know you hate him, but I beg you not to stop getting treatment."

"But I'm afraid the doctor is creepy and scary, especially when the object that is always stuck in the arm makes my body hurt all," Anastasia complained about the care that she always did.

"I will help you to ease the pain. I will help you until the treatment is over." His expression turned sad as he convinced Anastasia.

"You promise?" Anastasia holds out her little finger.

"Yes, I promise." He curled his little finger with her.

Even though her older brother's promise to her was only a false promise and had no effect on her. But that promise always succeeded in persuading Anastasia to do routine treatment without missing a schedule.

Even though her older brother knew it was wrong, it was better than letting Anastasia die.

* Knock * * Knock *

"He's coming. I'll open the door." Her older brother removed his little finger and opened the door after Anastasia nodded approvingly.

Someone who Anastasia didn't really see and meet had entered her room. Without asking permission from her or her older brother, the scary man used the equipment in Anastasia's room without permission.

Before a sharp object pierced her right arm, Anastasia looked at her older brother and her mother, who was standing on the left side of her bed. As promised by her older brother, he took Anastasia's left hand gently.

"Ouch ... it hurts." The syringe has penetrated into Anastasia's skin.

She didn't remember how many times the syringe had pierced her skin, hundreds? No, it's too little, maybe a thousand of times.

The treatment that Anastasia felt was different from running. The more often they run, the more their body will get used to it and even stronger.

Anastasia's treatment was reversed with that. Every time a blood transfusion was done, her pain was getting stronger. Because Anastasia's body couldn't get used to it, and made her body weak.

This time the blood transfusion was very painful. Anastasia grabbed the hand of her older brother, who was kneeling.

Her eyes were closed slowly since the doctor inserted the syringe, starting to drain the tears that flowed down her cheeks and wet her pillow. Anastasia's lips wrinkled in pain on their own, a reflex when enduring pain.

Anastasia belived with the words of her older brother who will help relieve her pain, it was proven by his expression that looked painful when she also felt pain. Anastasia thought that if her older brother didn't help relieve her pain, maybe the pain would be twice as intense.