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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?

cheeks and a man who looked like he hadn't slept in days. They were right next to my bed, looking at me like they knew

her hands over her mouth like she was

the man said, stepping closer, his voice tight and cracking.

Dad?

why they were looking at me like they knew everything

sobbing, and the man looked like someone had punched him in

baby, it's us," he said like I was supposed to just

I didn't even

my breathing getting

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arm, trying to calm me down. "Jessica,

from her grasp. "I don't know you! I don't know any of you!" My voice cracked again, but I couldn't stop. My heart felt like it was going to explode out of my chest. The man-Dad, whatever-reached for me. "Sweetheart, please.

his hand. "Don't touch me! Get away from me!" My entire body was shaking. Nothing made sense. This was all

the chaos. A deeper

a whole lot like the man who said he was his dad. The

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

moment, feeling myself calm down.

asked, and I opened my mouth to answer, but nothing came out. I assumed I was Jessica, but

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