Back then, Lysander too had his head wrapped in bandages, lying still on the bed, and eventually he became comatose. The image haunted Thalassa, each memory a weight dragging her heart to the ocean floor, a mixture of heartache and pain.

She couldn't bear to see anyone she cared about end up in a vegetative state-not again.

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Lydia stepped up beside her, offering a comforting hand on her shoulder. "Thalassa, the doctor said it's a severe concussion. With proper rest, she'll be fine. She won't end up like...well, you know." Earlier, when Thalassa and Lydia had arrived, they'd checked in at the nurse's station for an update on Hertha. Thankfully, she'd been moved from the ICU to a regular room; the worst was over. Straightening up, Thalassa wiped away the tears and introduced her friend to Lydia with a quivering voice. "This is Hertha, the one I've told you so much about. We met back in college. She's a wonderful person."

"If she's your friend, she's my friend too. Don't worry, she'll pull through," Lydia reassured her.

glanced at the screen and saw it was Bridget calling. Excusing herself, she stepped out of the room to

this morning, and I had no

late and Hertha would be home soon. But as she lulled the children to sleep, exhaustion took over, and she too drifted off. Morning came all too

children awoke and began their search for Hertha, their cries for Mommy growing more desperate by the minute. It was only then

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sudden absence of their mother had sent the toddlers into a panic; their sense of security

age of two, were at the height of their attachment to their mother. Without Hertha by their side, they felt both panicked and afraid, worried

found out this morning," Thalassa

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