"You can't die. You are our only family..."
"Ron, where's my sister?"
I cried and shook my head, not daring to tell him that his beloved sister had not answered my calls yet.
"Let me see my sister for the last time, okay?"
His voice was already quite weak, and I knew that might be the last time they would see each other.
I was totally panicked.
But I could only pretend to be calm and said, "I will definitely help you call your sister back."
After leaving the ward, I called Vita again.
Fortunately, the call finally went through.
"Ron Gray, what's up?"
It was Toby who answered the phone!
"I forgot to tell you that we are going to go rafting and will be back in two days. Don't be angry, Ron!"
His tone was smug, but I ignored it and yelled into the phone,
"Vito is in the ICU. Come back soon!"
I shouted anxiously, but I heard Vita's angry scolding, "Vito is very healthy. Don't curse him!"
On the other end of the phone, Vita was impatient and disgusted.
"Come back quickly. Vito is really dying..."
Before I could finish, he hung up the phone again.
I could clearly feel that Vito's breathing was gradually getting weaker on the hospital bed.
He was like a glass that would break if touched slightly.