Veronica's PoV. For a moment, I didn't breathe. The message sat on the screen as it belonged there.Causal, almost polite and caring.‘You look better today.’Today?That meant recently. At the hospital, or here?My thumb hovered over the screen but I didn't type back. I didn't block the number either, I stared at it, willing it to reveal something more but nothing came.No second messages, no typing bubble. Just silence. The air in the suite shifted, which had felt neutral and normal was now exposed I stood slowly and asked towards the window, pulling the curtains back by a fraction.Fourteen floors up, I had no balconies and there were no faces staring up at me.I let the curtain fall back into place.’Calm down, Veee. You're overreacting.’ I told myself. For all I knew, it could be anyone. It could be a prank too.Maybe it was one of the nurses, someone fishing for a reaction or the guard that brought me here.I thought about the words again, and there was really nothing to be sca
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