Episode Four: The Stitch Up
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Her chest burned. She screamed in pain and collapsed into her table, holding herself up by her arms. Her aortic aneurysm was getting worse by the day.
Elizabeth choked back a sob as she put a hand over her throbbing heart.
"Eliza?" The strawberry blonde turned to see Fanny in the doorway. "What's wrong?"
"Nothing."
"Eliza...."
"No."
"Elizabeth Jane Fox!" The youngest screamed. "You and Belle have been keeping me in the dark for months now! Tell me what's going on!"
Elizabeth let out a shaky sigh before nodding and patting a spot on her bed. Fanny swiftly sat down next to her crying sister.
"I, um..... Do you remember when I collapsed?"
The ginger nodded. "Yeah, the doctor said it was an ulcer."
"Well, it's not. I'm having an aortic aneurysm. There's blood caught in my vein. My heart is giving out." The older sister explained.
Fanny let out a strangled sob, covering her mouth. "Th-There's a cure, right?"
Silence.
"Right?!"
Shaking of the head.
"No! There's gotta be a procedure-"
"There is." Elizabeth interrupted. "But the only surgeon to ever do it was Astley Cooper, 40 years ago.....and he killed the patient."
Fanny gasped. "Well.....what are you going to do?"
Eliza swallowed. "Um....either find a way to revolutionize the surgery, or wait."
The redhead sighed as her sister grabbed her hands. "Fan, I will be fine. However, you can't tell mum or dad. They won't believe you."
"I promise sissy. But from now on, I'm in on your whole scheme thing with being a doctor or whatever."
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FanfictionLady Elizabeth Fox, daughter of the Governor of Port Victory, was a keen spirit, a character of sorts. She loved her family, but didn't live by their ideals. Their sexist ones, especially. She was going to prove them wrong. All of them. With th...
