The Princess and the Pauper (Arabella and Romeo) novel Chapter 559

During the process of a patient's self-administered euthanasia, it's necessary for a court worker and a notary to be present, and the whole thing needed to be recorded on video.

This recording must be handed over to the police afterwards to prove that it was the patient's own decision to choose euthanasia, and that no one else was involved.

As long as Alberto hadn't injected himself with the drugs, he can stop this process at any time. But Alberto really had had enough of life, and just before going to his death, a glimmer of light finally flashed in his eyes.

Grace was his reason for living; without her, he couldn't find a reason to keep going.

His whole life had been a struggle for Grace!

After he'd signed the euthanasia paperwork, he turned on the drip and waited for death.

The whole thing took only four minutes.

If the butler hadn't given Arabella a heads up, and if Arabella hadn't rushed over on a private plane, she wouldn't have been able to see Alberto in those last four minutes.

In the bedroom were a court official, a notary, a family doctor, a nurse, and a servant.

The large, bright bedroom was deathly quiet; everyone looked downcast.

Arabella didn't even know how she had managed to walk to Alberto's bedside; she choked out, "Grandpa Alberto, are you leaving me too?"

"Bella." Seeing her, Alberto actually smiled, then looked at Romeo and said, "You're here too."

It must have been the butler who leaked the news.

"Don't leave me alone." Arabella knelt by the bed, feeling utterly heartbroken.