*Bianca*

I tried in vain to sleep that night but it just wasn’t going to happen. I might have dozed off once or twice from sheer exhaustion from all of the emotional stress but even then, it was for a couple of seconds and then I was checking on Amara in a panic.

I was so paranoid that Amara would never wake up and I kept seeing headlines talking about her death. About halfway through the night, she stirred a couple of times and that calmed me slightly.

My ...