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Anna’s POVFirst, I heard the steady beeping beside my bed. Then, I noticed my own breathing. For a few seconds, I didn’t know where I was, and then the ceiling above me came into focus, followed by the white walls, the IV attached to my hand, and the dull ache spreading through my body.Wait… I was in the hospital and I was alive. I tried to move my fingers, and the small movement sent a strange wave of weakness through my arm.“Don’t try to sit up yet.” I opened my eyes. A nurse beside my bed, checking the monitor.“How long?” My voice came out barely above a whisper. “Since the surgery?” I nodded. “About six hours.” Six hours… I stared at the ceiling. It felt like I had only been unconscious for a few minutes. “Did it go well?” The nurse smiled.“The doctor will speak to you soon but everything went according to plan.” I closed my eyes. According to plan. Those were the words I wanted to hear.For once, I allowed myself to relax. My hand moved instinctively towards my chest, and

Anna’s POVSandra didn’t tell me when she wanted to meet her. She only gave me an address. I stared at it from inside my car, then looked through the windshield at the small building ahead. Something about the place felt familiar;not because I had been there before but because Sandra had mentioned it once when I was younger, although she had never explained why.I turned off the engine and sat there for another minute. Brian had refused to tell me anything now Sandra wanted to talk and that frightened me more.I got out of the car. The moment I stepped inside, I saw her sitting near the window. She looked tired. Her accident had left her weaker than she usually was, and seeing her like that made the anger I had been carrying disappear for a moment.“Sandra.” She looked up, her eyes filled with emotions.“You came.”“You asked me to.” She nodded. I sat across from her. For several seconds, neither of us spoke. Then I asked the question that followed me though Brian’s house.“What happ