SIX

“Will she be alright?”.

“Yes. However, I’ll advice that she gets all the emotional support she can get, she’ll need it to truly get better……”

I blinked a couple of times as I tried to clear the drug-induced fogginess from my mind. I could hear voices again, and like the previous times, it sounded as though people were speaking from behind a glass wall, it sounded distant and faint; with the subtlest of echoes.

I couldn’t quite tell who exactly it was that was speaking to the nurse or doctor; I couldn’t tell if it was Micheal or….Calan. I doubted the latter though, Calan didn’t care enough, he never did and he never would. A heavy breath left me, one which carried sorrows and grief, however, I didn’t feel lighter, far from that, I wasn’t sure I’d feel lighter or better anytime soon.

Earlier, I had returned to bed with the help of Micheal, and for a moment I had just lay still, staring up at the ceiling with glassy eyes, and then he had said:

“Good to see that you’re awake”.

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