t me, a cold whisp

time in weeks,

legs. Just the wind, the open s

would all b

- im

tering crash I expected.

Some

*

s. Blurred lights. Voices yelli

...different

unfamiliar. Not the sterile whit

different room. A

I saw

is left arm wrapped in a sling,

with pity, but with some

ake," he s

ry. I swallowed

he replied. "They moved y

ggy, but the pieces were fallin

y am I sti

e way he cradled

?" My voice came out

"Congratulations. You survived

because

stared

re you?" I

ce at the wrong time." He shook

alling out of the s

ve annoyed me, but I

died. I was su

m, I am here. Still br

hate

e." The words left my mout

? Well, too bad. You ruined my

ace wit

m, thrown off b

even know m

harply, rubbing his temple with

k dying was the only way out, t

thing

hat do you kn

arpness, and for the first time

ng heavy, so

k what he meant,

said, eyeing us like we were

stable, but we need to monitor

uy-"your shoulder will heal,

us acti

" he mu

Your therapist will be coming

to start your r

wisted. Reha

didn't want? A life

ng at the ceiling. I

ft, the silence st

e're apparently stuck here toge

es. I'm

't res

are?" he

sn't ma

o keep calling you 'the

eyes. He wasn't goi

e was barely ab

ng the weight of my name on his

lling wasn't the end of your sto

but he just leaned back

ted

eason, I could