The first thing I felt… was the silence.
Not the kind of silence in a quiet room…
but a deep, heavy silence, like I was floating somewhere between a dream and reality.
Then… a sound.
Beep… beep… beep…
Slow. Steady. Real.
My eyes tried to open, but everything was blurry. The light above me was too bright, like the sun had come too close. My body felt heavy, like it didn’t belong to me anymore. I wanted to move my hand… but I couldn’t.
“Beatriz…? Can you hear me?”
A voice. Soft. Shaking.
Hope.
“Bia… you’re here,” he whispered.
I knew that voice.
I tried again, forcing my eyes open just a little more. And then I saw him.
My husband.
His face looked tired, like he hadn’t slept at all. His eyes were red, but when he saw mine open… they filled with something else.
