Chapter 4

The strong smell of disinfectant mixed with a fresh hint of men's cologne enveloped me.

A voice, laced with suppressed anger, echoed in my ear. It was eerily familiar.

"Are you out of your mind? Is it worth dying for someone like that?" he shouted.

He must have overheard the conversation between those two.

His words hit me like a switch, and suddenly all my emotions came rushing out.

In this unfamiliar yet comforting embrace, the tension in my body finally gave way.

I couldn't hold it in any longer and collapsed in tears, sobbing like a child as all…