Chapter 89 True Strength

• Carla
• I woke up from a long sleep, feeling groggy. I am still too weak to move out of bed, but I can talk now. I have been up for about twenty minutes, just looking into the air. I feel so heavy, so vulnerable, and so weak.
• I am totally at the mercy of all the people in this house. I can see Meredith sleeping across from me, but I cannot call her. Well, maybe I don’t wish to wake her up because I remember vaguely how she has been going up and down trying to stabilize my temperature through the night.