Chapter 81 - Embracing The Wounds

• "We can't be certain yet," the doctor said with a serious expression. "But we hope this is only temporary trauma."
• Dalia froze. Those words echoed in her mind, as if the world around her had gone silent. Her chest tightened. The girl who always smiled, who always spoke so cheerfully—had she been hiding such deep wounds all this time?
• Her gaze shifted to the hospital bed. Stella lay still, her face pale and fragile, a stark contrast to the lively persona she had always shown. How could she not have noticed this sooner?