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Chapter 251 - Leave

CHAPTER 249

KATYA POV

Light pressed against my eyelids. My head throbbed in slow, uneven pulses, and my limbs felt like they belonged to someone else—heavier than they should be, foreign, disconnected.

I blinked. The room swam around me. Familiar shapes blurred at the edges: the wardrobe, the low table, the white walls, the window catching the weak morning light.

My chest rose and fell, but the rhythm was uneven, shallow. Something warm pressed against my arm. A small stir nearby. My eyes drifted to the bed beside me.

Nonna.

Her head rested on a pillow too close for anyone's comfort but hers. Thin lines of fatigue carved her face, her hair loose against the pillow.

Her lashes fluttered, and as I shifted—tentatively, painfully—her eyes opened. Small, wary, and immediately aware.

"Mia cara," she whispered, her voice hoarse but soft, carrying a weight I didn't have the strength to lift.

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