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.

also felt like going home. The interruption had taken her

as she sat in the car and checked her phone, she realized it

"What are you doing?

picking up

you up. Where are

no reply-are

messages were piling up. There were

the energy to scroll through them all.

lay down on the bed to rest. When she was half-asleep, she felt someone gently wiping sweat from

hallucination-someone was holding her hand, their warmth spreading from their palm to

"Ed?"

for her phone to check the

her lips,

"Eat something."

that her whole body had been cleaned up She had sweated through the night, and

an

the soup, and the smell of something

make this yourself?" she

fingers trembled slightly. "I'm not very

air carried a strange aroma, a sign

better. "So, when you live alone, what

whatever. As long as it's

didn't even care about how the food

that his words had come out wrong. "I

"Mean to what?"

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