CHAPTER THIRTY''SEVEN

Elisabeth.

We kept looking at each other, not making a peep. Jessica seems stuck until she lets out a breath and acts on impulse.

"Elisa?" '' Come running to me and hug me so tightly, I soon feel your tears wet my shoulder. “I''I''I missed you so much,” he says, his voice cracking.

Thrilled, I can't control my crying and hug her back.

“I''I''I missed you a lot too, friend, a lot.

We squeezed.

“I was already losing hope, Lisa. '' Release me very cautiously and cup my face. '' Every day I came here and nothing got better, until the doctors said you might not wake up anymore.

'' I'm sorry about that '' I whisper and soon she denies it.

'' You don't have to feel anything, my friend, it wasn't your fault. What matters right now is that you woke up! '' kiss my forehead. "But you're going to take a while to be discharged, aren't you?"

“Yeah, my legs don't feel right, Jessica. She stares at me in astonishment. '' The doctor said that this is normal, a lot of time standing in the same positi