Chapter 96 — Kisses Amid the Pain

(Point of view: Lili)

The private room felt like a refuge, even though every movement of my body reminded me of the battle I was still fighting. My femur burned, my collarbone throbbed, and my head carried that fragile, dizzy weight. Even so, my thoughts kept returning to what Guillermo had told me the first time I came to during therapy—that he had proposed to me, and that I, surrounded by tubes and dreams, had moved my finger in response.

I looked at him, hal