STAY CLOSE TO ME
Coming straight for me.
Boom.
Everything went cold. My body felt paralyzed. My vision blurred.
Above me—the sky.
Around me—chaos.
Screams. I saw the boy, standing nearby, eyes wide, terrified. He was reaching toward me, confused. God… he really did look like me. Then I saw her. Melisa. She grabbed the boy, then rushed to me. She dropped to her knees, holding my face in her hands, tears falling like rain. She was speaking, but her voice sounded distant—dull, swallowed by noise and pain. “Sebastian, please—Sebastian, hold on! Somebody call an ambulance!” I reached up, just to touch her face one last time. My eyes began to close, but I had never been so happy—so close to her again. It’s always