Zara slowly opened her eyes.
Pain spread through her entire body. Every breath felt heavy, every movement unbearable. Her face was wrapped in thick bandages, and when she tried to focus on the room around her, her vision was blurry.
She weakly lifted her hand and touched her face, feeling the layers of bandages.
A man in a doctor’s coat quickly stepped closer.
“Calm down,” he said gently.
Zara looked at him through half-open eyes. Something about him felt familiar, but she was too weak to remember where she had seen him before.
Then suddenly
Her memory rushed back.
The car.
The panic.
The brakes failing.
The crash.
And Lilly.
“Lilly!” Zara cried weakly.
Her heart began racing.
“Lilly… where is Lilly?” she shouted, her voice trembling. “I want to see Lilly! Let me see my daug
