Chapter 59- Emma's breaking point

The hospital room felt suffocating. The walls were too close, the air too thick. And all I could think about was Ethan. His absence was a constant ache in my chest, an unbearable emptiness that refused to leave. I kept asking myself: Where is he? Why can't I find him? Each passing hour without any news felt like a crushing weight. The doctors and nurses tried to distract me, but nothing could pull me from the black hole of fear that consumed me. It had been days since Ethan disappeared, and with each second, I felt myself slipping further and further from the world around me. I was lying on the hospital bed, staring at the blank ceiling, my mind a jumbled mess. There was nothing but a constant hum in my ears, like the world was moving on without me. I should have been there for him. I should have known something was wrong. Why didn't I protect him? I hugged my knees to my chest, trying to hold on to some sense of reality, but it was slipping away. I couldn't hear anything over the scre