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The first thing I noticed was the sound-sharp, relentless beeping. Then, the smell-disinfectant, sterile, like I was trapped in a box of chemicals. My eyes flew open, and all I saw was white-bright, blinding white-

a ceiling I didn't recognize. I tried to sit up, but my body wasn't cooperating. My arms felt like lead, weighed down by something. I was stuck, trapped.

What the hell?

Panic hit me like a freight train. My chest tightened, breaths coming in quick, shallow bursts. Why couldn't I move? What was wrong with me?

"Jessica, relax," a clear and clinical voice snapped into my foggy brain. I blinked, and there was a woman leaning over me in scrubs. She looked too calm, as if none of this was as messed up as it felt. "You're in the hospital. Just breathe, okay? Deep breaths." Hospital? Why was I in a hospital?

I tried to say something-anything-but my throat felt like it had been scraped raw with sandpaper. The sound that came out was a pitiful croak.

"Don't try to speak yet. You've been through a lot," she said, pushing me back down when I tried to sit up again. "You've been unconscious for a week."

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Unconscious? A week?

A woman with tear-streaked cheeks and a man who looked like he hadn't slept

hands over her mouth like she was about to break down. "Oh

his voice tight and cracking. "It's

Dad?

head. I had no idea who these people were or why they were looking at me like they knew everything about me. I was completely blank. "Who-who

like someone had punched him in the

supposed to just know them.

I didn't even know where I

closing in. My pulse skyrocketed, and I could feel the sweat on my forehead, my breathing getting

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me down. "Jessica, take a deep breath, alright? You're

I couldn't stop. My heart felt like it was going to

from me!" My entire body was shaking. Nothing made sense. This was

the chaos. A

whole lot like the man who said he was his dad. The other guy was tall, with broad shoulders and

pale, and his eyes were hollow and.... sad? I wanted to stand up and give him a hug, which was really weird because I didn't know him from a bar of

stared at him for a moment, feeling myself calm down. My heart was no

you go, honey," the nurse said softly, and I looked at her. Do you know your name?" she asked, and I opened my mouth to answer, but nothing

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