“I heard your voice last night…”
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Elena’s nails dug into the softness of her palm as she watched the girl lower herself into a kneeling position, her cotton hospital gown rumpling as she did.
She couldn’t stay a word. Couldn’t breathe as she waited for Eva’s next words.
“I thought I was going to die.” Eva continued, adapting into a sitting position on the cold floor as she stared into the distance with a slack expression on her face.
“You know, for a long time, after my mother’s… death. I looked up to Zeta.”
“She was like.. a gift. The mother who stayed. The shoulder I got to cry on. The one who I could nag to. The only person who truly…understood me.”
Elena stayed quiet but her ears were wide open. Her mind raced as she tried her best not to freak out.
“I was a f*****g fool. I
