Three days had passed since the surgery. Yet Kiara still couldn’t accept it. She refused to believe that her little girl… her precious Lily… was gone. Every time she closed her eyes, she imagined her daughter’s frail little hand reaching for hers, calling her Mommy.“No, it can’t be real,” Kiara whispered, hugging her knees as she sat on the edge of her bed. Her body trembled, but she couldn’t stop the tears from streaming down her face. The world seemed hollow, colors drained, sounds muffled. Everything around her was meaningless without Lily.“Kiara, please. You have to eat something,” Maya urged, kneeling beside her friend. “You’re not helping anyone by hurting yourself like this.”“I… I can’t,” Kiara murmured. “If I had stayed with her, maybe… maybe she’d still be alive.” Her voice cracked, and she buried her face in her hands. “I left her alone for a second, and…”Maya’s heart ached for her friend. “It’s not your fault, Kiara. You did everything you could. You stayed with her thr
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