ELI..My eyes fluttered open, the morning sun falling over my face. I was still alive.Grunting, I curled into a fetal position. I held the position longer than necessary, waiting for my chest not to ache. Waiting for a sign to feel like I had actually woken up.But it never came.I stared at the blank screen of my phone, hesitant to reach for it.A sharp exhale, I sat up, sluggish, as if cement had replaced the fluid in my bones.I opened our—John and I—DM. My message sat there, a long desperate blue bubbles. Read. Read. Read. Yet no response.My thumbs trembled as I typed. “Please, just respond to me.”I was about to hit send when I saw his profile was gone, replaced by a black-and-grey silhouette.I dialed his number but it didn’t connect, it just cut to a flat, dead tone.My heart plummeted.Seconds passed as my gaze latched onto the blank screen, unblinking.I leaned back, my head pressed into the wall of my bedside, my legs crossed.My breath stuttered as I shut my eyes.How
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