RAYLEIGH ** I didn’t know why, but I felt fragile. Even an ordinary and involuntary task like breathing felt challenging to me. I moved my head a little and it felt a bit heavy. My eyes circled before they finally split open. All I could see was a lot of lights and a white ceiling. My eyes circled again before I finally turned my head to see a continuous beeping machine. As I moved my hand I groaned, and the machine beeped a bit faster. I understood that I was in a hospital and the machine was attached to my hand. It was reading my heartbeat. I blinked a few times and tried to regain my senses. I couldn’t figure out what exactly happened after I had left to bring blankets for Crystal. I shut my eyes and put my free hand up to cover my eyes and just groaned in pain. It seemed lik