•| SAPPHIRE
After crying for what felt like hours, I sat down on the hospital floor, numb now. My heart had been broken into pieces, but it felt like I had no tears left to cry.
Kaiden and Leon sat across from me, watching me cautiously. Were they thinking I was going to kill myself or do something drastic?
I scoffed. Killing myself would have actually been the easiest way out of this pain and suffering. But I’ve been sitting here, unmoving, my eyes fixed in a particular direction—the bed Aunt Hannah laid on. The nurses had taken her away, and we were going to bury her soon. A lone tear slid down my cheek.
I’ve sat here long enough to think. To analyze and to know that Aunt Hannah didn’t just die. She was recovering. I’d seen her by myself. She was looking better than I’d ever seen her
