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Chapter 22: Sickness and Silence

作者: Felconlee94
last update 最終更新日: 2025-12-23 05:44:36

Ariana’s POV

That was the first thing I noticed when I woke up usually, even at dawn, there was something which must be footsteps from staff changing shifts, the distant hum of security radios, the faint clink of porcelain from the kitchen. That morning, the silence pressed heavier, thicker, like it had weight.

I lay still in bed, staring at the ceiling, counting breaths.

One.

Two.

Three.

My stomach rolled.

I turned sharply to my side, hand flying to my mouth as nausea surged so suddenly it stole the air from my lungs. I barely made it to the bathroom before retching, the sound sharp and humiliating in the quiet room.

Nothing came up. Just dry heaves and tears burning behind my eyes.

When it passed, I sat on the cold marble floor with my back against the tub, knees pulled to my chest. My hands shook not from fear exactly, but from the strange awareness that this was real.

Not imagined.

Not anxiety.

Not grief.

Real.

“Okay,” I whispered to myself. “Okay.”

I pushed myself up slowly, rins
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