I did what I was told. I let you listen. And the shaking stopped. You sat down. I sat with you. I sat with you and held you and waited for something to happen. For a long time, it was like you were comatose. There in body but not in mind. Then you were all there again. I can’t tell you exactly how I knew you were back. Something shifted—not physically, more like an energy change. A warmth. I don’t know how to explain it; I just knew you were there. I said your name.” She swallowed. “When you spoke, it was in your own voice again.”
