Alivia's consciousness flickered like a dagger slicing through the space-time tunnel, repeatedly stabbing at her brain, the harder she tried to make sense of things, the more she forgot.
Gradually, she saw the face of the child, Lucas. She had seen his face countless times in videos, smiling happily, showing his eight white and neat teeth, "Mom, is that Dad?"
As the sound and images disconnected from her senses, all that remained was endless emptiness and numbness.
She desperately wanted to answer him, but she couldn't. She had no recollection of what happened next.
A sharp buzzing noise rang in her ears, from her temples deep into her brain as if invisible hands were tearing her apart. She couldn't bear the pain and groaned, "Ouch, it hurts so much..."
Huston woke up to the faint cry of pain, his eyes still drowsy from just waking up. But when his gaze fell on the painful expression on the hospital bed, he quickly became fully awake.
He immediately sat up, his expression nervous as he asked, "Evelyn? What's wrong with you?"
Since Evelyn had been having nightmares before, even with her eyes open, Huston wasn't sure if she was haunted by a bad dream or genuinely in distress.
Evelyn kept tapping her own head as if doing so could alleviate some of the pain.
Huston felt a pang of heartache watching her, so he held her hands to prevent her from fidgeting and kept calling her name, "Evelyn, wake up! Look at me!"
His shouts brought Evelyn back to a hint of sanity, pulling her out of the swirling memories. She met the man's gaze, which was lowered towards her, "Huston..."
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