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SAMUEL DID NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO. He didn't know what to say.

He continued to stare at the headline even when the reporters were already talking about the headline's content and even when Helena was shown on the screen with tears flowing across her cheeks and her hand entangled with Lily's outside the hospital room where his father was confined.

"He was having difficulty breathing the past few days," Helena sniffled. "I was always telling to him get regular checkups but he was so dedicated in his campaigning for the presidency that he prioritized his health less,"

She wipes her wet cheeks with a handkerchief as she looks straight at the camera. "Please pray for my husband," She cries harder after those words. "Prayer can be the hope that we all need in these trying times,"

After that, the screen returned back to the reporters talking among themselves regarding the news that took the world by surprise.

Samuel was still silent.