Night fell, and I simply left on foot.In a daze, I remembered a night just like this two years ago. My phone had died, leaving me unable to call a ride, so I had to walk all the way home.Unable to reach me, Louie spent two hours frantically searching for me.The moment he saw me, he pulled me tightly into his arms, his voice trembling. "You scared me to death, Jess. I thought something had happened to you."At the sight of my scraped, blistered heels, his eyes had turned red with anguish.Yet now, even seeing the bleeding gash on my forehead left him entirely unmoved.It felt as though a gaping hole had been torn open in my chest, aching until it went completely numb.Halfway back, my vision went black, and I passed out cold.When I woke up in a hospital bed, a nurse spoke to me gently. "You fainted from low blood sugar. A good Samaritan brought you here."Only then did I remember I hadn't eaten a single bite all day yesterday.I didn't even get a single spoonful of the sea
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