ALMA

I sobbed uncontrollably, my chest heaving with each ragged breath. The pain felt like a knife twisting in my heart, shattering it into a million pieces over and over again, and I couldn't piece it all back together. I couldn't hold myself together. I was falling desperately apart, and I was so helpless, and lost.

Time seemed to stand still as I wallowed in my despair, and I didn't know how many hours passed or if it was even hours. It felt like an eternity to me. An eternity of my ...