Chapter 48

• Kaia froze on the bed. She blinked several times, hoping that the people standing before her were just a figment of her imagination. They were not her parents.
• No, no, no. They are not supposed to be here. They were never supposed to find out about this. What was she going to tell them? How was she going to explain the fact that she ended up in the hospital?
• Mr and Mrs Everhart stared at their daughter intensely. Their eyes laced with sadness and Mrs Everhart dropped to the space between Kaia and began to sob.