NATALIEThe happiness that overwhelmed me was so sudden, so powerful that it made me afraid.I had not felt happiness, pure unbridled, joy like this in a very long time. One moment I had been on my couch, the weight of unanswered questions pressing against my chest, contemplating what to do next, and the next moment, I was standing in the middle of my living room, phone pressed to my racing chest, palms damp and mind buzzing with a single, almost unbelievable thought.That Mrs. Davis might wake up soon. How long had I prayed for this? How desperately? Now that there was hope, a small fear was lodging itself somewhere in my chest. I couldn't sit still.My mentor. The one woman who had always been there to anchor me, who believed me when nobody else did.I paced from the couch to the window, and then back again . My chest felt too light, as if the happiness I felt had lifted something burdensome out of me and left me feeling a slight vertigo in its wake. I laughed softly to myself and t
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