Chapter 231 Farewell

Katelyn’s POV The world shifted in the span of weeks. First, it was a few scattered reports about pneumonia cases that didn’t seem to follow a pattern. Then the numbers multiplied. Provinces and cities, each day new places appeared in the headlines. It wasn’t just pneumonia anymore. The word changed. A novel coronavirus. Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2. The announcement came from the National Center for Disease Control and Prevention: Level 1 emergency response. The highest there was. The moment I read the bulletin, I felt the ground tilt under me. News from hospitals came next. Doctors, nurses and frontline staff were falling sick too and some even dying. The weight of it was everywhere. The streets were quieter. Supermarkets were crowded one hour and empty the next. Masks covered every face I passed. Schools closed and businesses shortened their hours. As for the newsroom? It was no longer a place that slept. Shifts stretched endlessly. We rotated through mornings, ni