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CHAPTER 30- THE SECOND COLLAPSE

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Jane's POV

The harsh fluorescent lights of the hospital corridor clung to my vision long after we’d left. My mother kept insisting she was okay, downplaying her fall, telling us that we should head home and get some rest.

But the tension in William’s jaw during the entire drive back told a different story. He didn’t buy any of it, and my own tightening chest confirmed he was right.

He walked me to my apartment door in silence. Words weren’t necessary; the air around him was thick with an unspoken protectiveness that I couldn’t quite put a name to.

“Text me when you’re inside,” he said softly.

I nodded and stepped into my dimly lit apartment.

It looked unchanged from when I left, yet everything felt off.

The silence.

The lingering scent of lavender that my mother adored.

The slippers neatly placed by the couch.

My heart ached.

She wasn’t home yet, she had insisted on checking in with the nurses first. I told myself she’d be back soon.

I tried to calm my raci
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