Chapter 52 Fifty Percent

• The world felt smaller, trapped inside the four cold, white walls of the hospital room. After what seemed like forever, the doctor finally spoke the words Leo had been desperate to hear: “You can go in now.”
• He walked down the quiet hallway, each step heavy with guilt and fear. When he pushed the door open, he entered a room filled with soft humming machines and blinking lights.
• Zara looked like a shadow of herself. Her once bright skin was pale, and dark bruises covered her face. Her arm, once strong and full of life, was wrapped tightly in a white cast, a harsh reminder of what she had been through.