• CALEB • I don’t understand what is wrong with me. That thought kept repeating itself in my head like a broken loop I couldn’t shut off. Every time I tried to open my mouth and explain what happened, it was like my words refused to form properly, like something inside me kept hitting a wall and bouncing back into silence. “I don’t know,” I finally said again, even though I hated how weak it sounded. “Everything just vanished.” And it wasn’t even a lie. That was the worst part. It really did feel like everything had just slipped through my fingers. One moment I was standing there, aware, speaking, reacting, and the next moment it was like someone had cut a piece of time out of my head and thrown it away where I couldn’t reach it anymore. Stormy shifted inside me immediately, restless and uneasy. This is not okay, Caleb. “I know,” I muttered under my breath, more to myself than anyone else. “This shit is not okay at all.” My chest felt tight in a way I couldn’t explain
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