After Five Years
And beside me, Julien remained standing silently, but close enough to be a support in my silence.
My feelings were chaotic. A mixture of worry, anger, and sadness. The hand I had used to perform CPR still felt shaky. But what shook me even more was the fact that Mrs. Narti, like so many others in this area, had almost no chance of surviving... just because they lived too far from decent health facilities.
I looked at the sky, took a long breath, then released it slowly.
"This has to change..." I muttered.
I knew Julien patted my shoulder to comfort me. His presence always had a unique silence, like a calm wind that knew how to come without making the leaves fall.