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Josh was apologizing for things | didn't understand, but I let him.
His voice was raw, cracking under the weight of something I couldn't quite grasp, and yet-his words barely made
sense to me. If it had been three years... how could | blhim for anything?
If I could have spoken, if | had known what was happening to me, | would have told him to be happy.
He couldn't have known | would wake up.
Hell, | defied all logic by being here right now. The way my body felt-the sheer weakness, the heaviness in my
limbs, the foreign weight of tubes and wires attached to me-was proof that my survival wasn't something anyone
had expected. Whatever Josh had done, whatever choices he had made, I'd already forgiven him.
I knew | had.
Because if | had been in his place, | didn't know if | would have been strong enough to hold on, either.
The doctors had to pull him away eventually, muttering about assessments, checking my line for feeds, and
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had apparently gained over the years.
I hated it.
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| hated the way | felt-like | wasn't even a person anymore but a project they had to fix, a problem to solve.
| wanted to be normal again.
| wanted to beagain.
Josh hadn't seen everything yet the extent of what three years had done to me. And for now, | didn't want him
to.
I didn't want him to look atand see this.
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| wanted his last memories ofto be from before all of this. Before today.
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And once | got back to normal-if | got back to normal-we could make new ones.
But not now.
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| exhaled shakily, closing my eyes for a moment, letting the silence settle overlike a heavy blanket.
It didn't last.
The door creaked open.
At first, | didn't turn my head, assuming it was just another nurse coming to poke and prod atsmore.
But then-
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A choked, muffled sound filled the room.
| blinked, shifting slightly, just enough to see a familiar figure peeking her head inside.
Jess.
Her eyes were red-rimmed, her lips trembling, and for a moment, she just stood there, staring atlike she
wasn't sure if | was real.
And then, without a word, she crossed the room in a few hurried steps, dropped down, and pulledinto the
longest, tightest hug.
Her body shook against mine, and | felt the warm, damp press of her cheek against my shoulder
| wanted to say something-to tell her I'm okay, I'm here-but nothing would cout, the damn tube in my throat
stealing my words.
So instead, | squeezed her back as hard as my frail body would let me.
A second later, she pulled back, swiping furiously at her tears, then sniffed and turned her head toward the
doorway.
Luke stood there, lingering near the entrance, hands shoved deep into his pockets. He was stiff, his face
unreadable, his body half-turned like he wasn't sure if he should even be here. Jess glared at him, her eyes still
wet, but her voice was sharp.
"Cgive her a damn hug, asshole."
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Luke huffed, rubbing a hand down his face, muttering something under his breath. But he moved, crossing the
room, hesitating only for a second before leaning down to wrap his arms around me.
His hug wasn't as tight as Jess's. It wasn't desperate or trembling.
But it was real.
| closed my eyes, breathing them in, letting them holdup because | couldn't do it myself.
This was home.
Not a place.
Jess finally pulled back, her hands
still gripping mine, Rke(She was EFtaid
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She sniffled again, shaking her head, then gave a wobbly smile. "You're really here," she whispered.
| smiled as best as | could around the tube in my throat.
Jess exhaled, wiping at her face
before shifting back into the chair
beside me. For a tke geil
sat thergy studying He er fingers
stil klrled around mine. Then, her
eyes flickered toward the far
wall-toward the pictures taped up
beside the monitor. My eyes followed
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It took a second forto process what | was looking at, but when | did, my chest ached.
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Asha.
Her face was everywhere.
Photo after photo-sof her
smiling, sof her playing in the
grass, a few of hey wittyosh(With
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Jess, with QReA tiny baby wrapped
in a pink blanket. A giggling toddler
with wild curls and bright eyes. A little
girl, growing, changing. My little girl.
Three years of a life | had missed
| stared, drinking in every detail, my vision blurring as the reality of it sank in.
She was here.
She had been here. Growing. Living.
And now... now | was finally going to hold her.
Jess squeezed my hand. "Are you ready to meet her?"
| swallowed, my throat tight, my fingers trembling.
| didn't have to think about my answer.
| turned back to Jess, blinking hard to clear my vision, and nodded.
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