Chapter 47 A Puzzle With No Solution

• Caro's distant voice echoed in my ears, filled with excitement. "See, she's opening her eyes," she exclaimed. As I slowly blinked, the world around me was bathed in white, an expanse of serenity stretching out before me like an endless sky.
• Gradually, I became aware of Carl's presence beside me, his silhouette a comforting presence in the sea of white. Memories flickered in my mind like distant stars, fragments of our journey to the hospital before everything had faded into darkness.
• Now, I found myself lying on a hospital bed, enveloped in crisp white sheets. A drip pipe protruded from the back of my hand, its transparent contents trickling down in a steady stream of glucose, nourishing my weakened body.