Silent Tears

Darius

I stood beside the hospital bed, my eyes fixed on Clara as she lay there unconscious, her face unnaturally pale against the white pillow, her lips slightly parted as her chest rose and fell in shallow, uneven breaths. She looked fragile like this, smaller than she ever did when she was awake, and the sight of her lying there made a deep frown form on my face before I could stop it.

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