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nose, a strong, clean smell that rem

o squint against the right, fluorescent light dancing overhead. It was the white walls, whit

y side, strong and non-stop. I gasped and grabbed my

ened? Why

ows moving quickly. It was hard to see clearly, like loo

. falling, Or perhaps

I slowly looked over, feeling a bit of pain in my neck, and

ag read *Nu

to whisper, my voice barely au

ou're safe now," she replied, her calm and steady voice s

y blankets with a kind of c

ed, the word fee

from

one more urgent than the one before. Nurse Ka

doctors have bee

u'll be okay." I felt a kind of believe in her, to take in her w

and more insistent-rea

ave I ever tr

my racing thoughts. "How...how

d gently, giving my hand a reassuri

echoed strangely in my min

ely unconscious while eve

t time? Did Maxwell come loo

g anxiety; her hand rested on my shoulder,

fe here, Edina. Nothing c

most swayed me into be

id she kn

machines, and the gentle warmth of the blank

fighting back tears. "Just... snippets. It'

shoulder. "Your mind and body have experienced

ed up in me as I

nstead, I just felt empty inside

red about something that

happened to me

dness passing across her face. "That..

mber. Right now, just concentrate o

a minute of fear, sadness,

at Maxwell, at Kourtney who cam

he was just using me to pass the time, to

ed on us until finally, she br

here," she said, her tone lifting a bit

, curiosity fightin

said he found you and wanted to ensure you were safe." Her brows furrowed as if recal

ung

s happ

now any y

yes and go to sleep

ent deep in

ped me, and left befo

hisper. The realization that someone cared enough to help but then disap

ed long enough to assure that you were in go

e and patted my hand. "Whoever h

ing some of the ache within me. *Someone

bout to shut my eyes,