Lily’s lips tugged up in a small smile. She had felt like a shell of herself the past few days, it felt like she was living outside her body and watching everything play out from above, at a point she believed she had lost her mind, but the flicker of hope that had ben roused in her heart brought back a feeling of sanity and normalcy in her life.

For the first time since her family came, she finally conversed with them and shared a meal with them. She was grateful for the fullness of her ...