Ethan
“Ollie, where was Ollie?”
I couldn’t speak, my body was going numb. I collapsed to the floor with a thud and my vision was really starting to go. My mind wandered to a place I hadn’t been in a while. A bedroom. I recognized the Pearl Jam poster on the wall and realized I was sitting on my bed in my childhood bedroom.
“Ethan, honey?”
A voice I hadn't heard since I was a teenager broke through the fog.
“Mom?” I felt a lump form in my throat.
There was a faint glow and then a hand on my shoulder. I looked in the direction it came from to see my Mom staring back at me. She was wearing her scrubs that she normally wore to work, like she was about to leave for another night shift.
“Mom!” I wrapped her into a hug as tears began to form in my eyes. “I’ve missed you so much! H-how?
