Vincent
Darkness surrounded me again. For a second, I genuinely thought I was drowning.
Cold water wrapped around my body while panic exploded violently inside my chest. I tried moving my arms, tried kicking upward, but it felt like invisible ropes were dragging me deeper and deeper beneath the water.
I couldn’t breathe. My chest burned painfully while fear swallowed me whole.
Then suddenly, a small figure appeared again.
The little girl. Just like every other dream. Her tiny hands reached toward me calmly while her soft voice echoed through the water.
“Don’t be scared,” she whispered gently. “I’m here now.”
The second she touched me, the ropes around my body loosened instantly.
Air returned to my lungs. Relief crashed through me so hard it almost hurt.
But then—She started walkin
