Chapter 63

I've been staring up at the ceiling for what seems to be forever. Every ache I've ever felt has left. As if it never existed. My mind had been full for so long that the silence felt like a different kind of placidity. Everything outside this white room doesn't exist right now. It's just me, the silence, and the bright colors that dance in my restored vision.

Knowing I can't stay here, I sit up to