MELISSA’S POV

The next morning, I woke up feeling… lighter.

No headaches. No tightness in my chest. No weight pressing down on me like the day before.

Just sunlight peeking through the blinds and a quiet hum of peace in the silence of my room.

It felt foreign.

Maybe because I wasn’t used to peace lasting longer than five minutes. But as I sat up and stretched my arms above my head, I realized something—I wanted to keep this feeling.

Yesterday had been chaos.

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