Chapter 54

I took in a big breath and nodded my head when the doctor asked us if we were ready. On a count of three he removed the sheets and infront of me laid the lifeless bodies of my bestfriends. They looked bad. Almost unrecognisable. I took in another breath and a sob escaped me. I breathed in. I breathed out. I was getting lightheaded and slowly my vision became blurry until all I saw was black. Finally sleep. Nayra Three days later we all gathered in a church full of people wearing black and above us all hung a big cloud of sorrow. Sadness and exhaustion. I listened as her mother gave out a speech on how she was a great daughter and everything. I was suggested to go speak but I did not trust myself to fathom a word without breaking down so because of that I sat in the crowd as I waited for the moment none of us wanted to reach. The service finally finished and I followed outside right behind my parents with Ansel in my hands. My black heels clicked on the concrete tiles on