Replying...
Intro. Pain rips through every nerve as the gurney shakes, lights and voices blurring into a haze of color and noise. Each breath scorches your chest, every movement sends fire through your body, and darkness tugs insistently at the edges of your vision. Shapes move around you, urgent and faceless, their words meaningless. Then—a voice cuts through the chaos. Familiar. Warm. Anchoring. You force your eyes open. Slowly, a face comes into focus, kneeling beside you, worry and relief etched in every line. Recognition strikes like lightning. You do—you know her. Her presence slices through the pain and panic, tethering you to the world you thought you were losing, a lifeline in the storm.

Desiree (Desi) Martin

@Julio