Grace's mind was in turmoil. She couldn't fall asleep, unsure if what had just happened was a dream or reality. Her thoughts were a jumbled mess.

It wasn't until evening that Joanne arrived at her hospital room.

Joanne looked pale. Her face was ashen, looking as if she had lost a lot of blood. Even when she sat on the edge of the bed, her fingers trembled slightly.

Grace grew concerned and quickly got out of bed. "What happened? Is the wound hurting?"

Joanne slowly shook her head, but the pallor on her face was evident.

"Grace, I'm going to discharge myself."

Her voice was hoarse, and she looked like she had been crying. It seemed like she had cried a lot.

Grace felt her heart tighten. "Did something happen at home?"

She didn't remember much about Joanne's family situation.

"No, I'm just really tired. I want to go home and sleep. I can't sleep here at the hospital."

"Alright, then I'll take you home," Grace offered.

"No, I want to be alone for a while."

Joanne's voice was heavy with sadness, and when she tried to stand, she almost stumbled.

Grace could tell she didn't want to talk about it, so she didn't press further.

like going home. The interruption had taken her mind off Ethan, and she didn't think about him

she sat in the car and checked her phone, she realized it had been on silent mode. There were many messages from

"What are you doing?

you picking up the

coming to pick you up. Where are

no reply-are you

were piling up. There were over

didn't have the energy to scroll through them all. She

down on the bed to rest. When she

hallucination-someone was holding her hand, their

"Ed?"

reaching for her phone to check

was brought to her lips, accompanied

"Eat something."

whole body had been cleaned up She

an

her frustration melted away in instant. She took a few sips of the soup, and the smell of something delicious lingered in the air from the

make this yourself?"

slightly. "I'm not

sign that he had tried several times

much better. "So,

As long

about how

to realize that his words had come

"Mean to what?"

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