Falling Apart

Hazel

My eyes slowly lift to Nora’s.

Her whole body shudders, her hands flying to her stomach, her lips barely staying steady.

"No," Nora breathes, voice cracking.

*

I don’t even know how we got here. One second we were in the apartment, the next we were stumbling into the hospital lobby like we’d been dropped from the sky. My brain hasn’t caught up. Everything just keeps… escalating. Turning into