Chapter 73 — When the World Stood Still

(Point of View: Guillermo Medina)

We were walking fast.

The hospital was already behind us, and Lili kept talking—outraged, radiant, beautiful.

She had that energy that throws me completely off balance. That mix of righteous anger and piercing sweetness.

And inside, I was burning.

I wasn’t really listening to everything she was saying.

I was too busy trying to memorize the way her lips curved when she spoke.

“I was thinking about telling you someth