Chapter 82 — Sofia’s Vigil

(Point of view: Sofia Rojas)

Night fell over the hospital with a different kind of weight. It wasn’t darkness—it was the waiting. The hallway gradually grew quiet: first the voices, then the footsteps, and finally the soft murmurs of nurses changing shifts. But I didn’t move.

Adrián urged me more than once.

“Sofi, let’s at least stay at the hotel across the street. You can sleep, rest, and we’ll come back in the morning…”

I shook my head again and again.

“No. I’m not