Chapter 17 - Healing and Recovery
Paramedics gently placed Martha onto a stretcher, wrapping her in warm thermal blankets and administering an IV drip to combat her severe dehydration. Lily refused to leave her grandmother’s side, holding her hand tightly as they rode in the back of the ambulance toward the city hospital.
Over the following weeks, Martha received comprehensive medical care. Day by day, color returned to her cheeks, and the haunted look in her eyes began to fade, replaced by a profound sense of safety and restored dignity.
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Chapter 2 - The Desperate Strike
Chapter 3 - Dragged AwayBefore Lily could lift the mallet for a third strike, heavy, frantic footsteps rushed across the stone floor of the greenhouse. Her mother, Sarah, sprinted over with a pale, twisted expression of pure panic, grabbing Lily violently by the shoulders and jerking her backward away from the hatch with uncharacteristic, aggressive force.
