MILLIE
I drifted in and out of consciousness on the surgical table. I felt numb. I couldn’t get either of my limbs up, but I felt all of it. Even though it was painless, I felt it as she cut into the layers of my skin. I tried to shout and kick and scream but it was useless because I couldn’t muster the energy to do any of it. I was completely knocked out. I didn’t know how but somewhere along the line, I stopped trying to fight and I felt myself falling out of consciousness.
I felt as arms took me to someplace and then I heard the hushed voices of Locke and the woman that had operated on me. After that, I slept for what felt like forever. I dreamt of what would have been my kids. I saw us as we woke up in the morning and I cooked for them in a world where they are normal, where no one
