MAYA

I lay in bed, feeling like I'd been hit by a truck. My body ached all over, my head was pounding, and my stomach was churning with a wave of nausea. I tried to sit up, but a wave of dizziness washed over me, forcing me back onto the pillow.

I was so sick. I had never felt this way before. My fever was raging, and I could feel my body shaking with chills. I was hot and cold at the same time, and my mouth was dry and parched.

But it wasn't just my physical body that was suffering. My heart was broken, shattered into a million pieces....