The sedative the nurse had given Winter in the middle of the night lasted for hours.Chris stayed with her in the hospital room all night.For the first half of the night, he kept her hand wrapped in his palm. Sometime after that, she seemed to have another nightmare. The hand he had been holding suddenly turned and gripped his instead.So tightly.Time passed minute by minute.After Chris and William finished talking, neither of them said another word.When Winter woke up, the curtains were half drawn. There was no sunlight outside, only a dull, overcast sky that did not hurt her eyes.She opened her eyes and, for some reason, instinctively curled the fingers of her right hand, as if she had been holding on to something before she woke up.The movement felt like muscle memory.“How long was I asleep?”She sat up, and Wendy came over to steady her by the shoulders.“It’s three in the afternoon. You slept for a long time, so you’re probably weak. I’ll help you wash up.”It w
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