Chapter 88 — Between Relief and Waiting

(Point of view: Guillermo Medina)

The early morning in the hospital carries a different kind of silence, as if the hallways were breathing slowly, holding secrets in their walls. I had fallen asleep on the couch in my office; I needed the painkillers just to keep going, even though my knees still throbbed and the bandages felt tighter around my bruises. My body was protesting, but I had no intention of leaving that building. Not while Lili was still lyin