Chapter 78 Falling into the Sea

For years, Elaine had been experiencing the same recurring dream—the memory of her fall from a decade ago. During a trip organized by the orphanage for the children to see the sunrise from a mountaintop, she was seated at the edge of a cliff when someone shoved her, causing her to tumble into the ocean below. After that accident, she'd had only a few memories from before she was 12, but the drowning incident itself remained clear as day. She could still picture the instant she began to fall. The panicked cries of the other children and chaperones echoing above… The morning wind whistling past her ears… The sun had just risen, casting its orange glow over the ocean. The waves rolled out to the horizon, glinting with light. Everything seemed to rush toward her, filling her vision as her mind went blank until her body crashed into the water with a loud splash. Right before she went under, she heard the alarmed cries of surfers on the water. A few were paddling on their boards in he