“No,” Nora answered sleepily. “I’m responsible.”
She was only a child.
Yet somehow she spent her life taking care of everyone else.
Then everything changed.
At first, adults whispered in corners.
They thought lowering their voices could hide the truth.
But Nora always understood more than people realized.
Her first hospital stay felt unreal.
The sharp smell of disinfectant.
Bright lights that never seemed to turn off.