ALMA

She's gonna die, and I'd be the cause of it. The only thought that rang in my head as I held Linda's numb body in my hand and tried to urge her to wake up. The doctors stormed in with Beverly, approaching me as I administered first aid.

I'd never been more terrified of a person's madness than I was at this moment, and it dawned on me, as if I didn't know before, that I wasn't even the obstacle between Carl and me. It had been Linda, always had been her. My eyes were wet with tears when ...