38 - The secret that shouldn't have been told
I leaned back on the bench I was sitting at and exhaled. I had to prepare myself for waiting. There was nothing in my head, I blocked all my thoughts. I was only readying my body for the moment Meiko arrived. My feet were firmly planted to the floor, while my eyes weren’t going around checking the boring corridors. Every single time the door opened, I was ready to start up. But it wasn’t Meiko, who was coming out. I had to wait a bit longer. Meiko “How long is she going to stay asleep?” I asked the doctor while gently caressing Althea’s bruised face. I never imagined she would be lying lifeless, connected to so many hospital machines. I never thought her face would get beaten this much. “Probably a few more hours. We need her to slowly wake up, so she doesn’t move her ribs. She will
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