KENDRICK 

It took two agonising hours of knowing what had happened before I finally found the strength to get out of bed. The hallway outside her hospital room was suffocating. I couldn't help the way I felt. The walls, the ceiling and even the damn floor were seemingly closing in on me, pressing against my skin and making it hard to breathe. 

I couldn't tell if the anesthesia was partly the reason for it, but I knew it was mainly because of the turmoil going on in my head. She had risked her life for mine. Ace was standing behind, alongside Mirabel who was at the end of the hallway,...