Chapter 161
- ARIA'S POV
- The room was too quiet, the kind of quiet that makes you hear your own thoughts a little too loudly.
- I sat on the edge of the hospital bed, my fingers picking nervously at the blanket covering my lap. The fluorescent lights buzzed faintly overhead, casting a pale glow on the plain white walls. A faint antiseptic smell lingered in the air, and the soft beeping of monitors in nearby rooms broke the silence.