Epilogue

It happened so fast. In the blink of an eye.

I was pushed to the side walk with so much force that i slammed into a pole, my head bumping against it. I don't even remember the moment of impact. The collision made my vision blurry and I could feel warm fluid rolling down the back of my neck into my shirt.

That was the last thing I remember before I lost consciousnesses.

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I woke up to blinding lights cutting my vision, making me clamp shut my eyelids for a moment before i willed them open to let a silver of light through.

It took me a minute for my eyes to adjust to my surrounding. I was in a room, surrounded by machines, a lots if them. They were stiff, some letting out monotonous beeps and others feeding my arm with long tube filled with red liquid.

I tried to move but i couldn't. My whole body felt like as if a heavy metal was on top of me holding me in place, resisting me to move. My head was hurting, my eyes were burning, my throat felt dry. Faint voices outside the door broke the constant beeps resonating around me. It sounded like my dad's.

My eyes flickered everywhere, desperately wanting to find a familiar figure and my gaze slid to a slumped figure lay slumped on a chair, close to the bed. Their hand loosely clasped around mine.

I tried to move my hand, trying to get their attention but failed miserably. So i tried to call their name but it oddly sounded like a groan that escaped my lips. That caused them to stir slightly before opening their eyes.

'M-mom? '

I managed to call her name. My voice was hoarse and broken, barely audible. In a matter of second she was at my side, searching my bewildered eyes and clutching my hand tightly.

'Ellie? You're really awake? '

Her voice sounded as broken as mine. Unable to speak or nod, I tried to communicate through my eyes, slowly blinking.

'Oh dear! '

'George! She's awake. '

One second she's screaming my dad's name to call him and the next second she began to cry.

It was until then i realized how terrible she looked. Her hair messy, eyes red and swollen as if she had been crying, dark circles around her eyes, the crease in her forehead making her look more than her age.

My dad came rushing towards me, asking me if I was okay and how I'm feeling and if I could talk or needed anything but I was unable to form a sentence. He looked even more terrible. All I wanted to ask was what happened to me and why am I in a hospital. He then rushed to call a doctor.

'W-where i-is.... '

God i was pathetic. I couldn't even speak properly and my throat was dried, my mouth felt dried, my lips felt chapped and my head hurt.

Then my mother started to sob hysterically. Warm tears falling on my arm, sliding down.

'I'm sorry.... I'm so sorry... '

She kept saying sorry between her sobs, covering her face with her hands.

It was this moment, my whole world turned upside down.

I struggled with swallowing and breathing, tears pooling around my eyes and I was gasping for air. I couldn't hear anything, my vision was blurry with tears, my head was pounding. The doctor and nurses came hurriedly and supplied me with oxygen but my body started to give in.

Pain. Pain in my chest, my head, my throat, my arms, my legs everywhere. So much pain that I couldn't take it anymore.

And i gave up.

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