AS SHE WAS DY. ING, A WOMAN BEGGED HER FRIEND TO TAKE IN HER DAUGHTER. AFTER THE FUNERAL, THE LITTLE GIRL WHISPERED: “MOM IS ALIVE.”Out of curiosity—or maybe concern—Marina agreed. They took a bus, then a shuttle van. They got off at an old building on the outskirts of town—once an infectious disease hospital, now a shelter for the homeless.Veronika walked in with confidence. She made her way through a hallway, then suddenly ran toward a woman lying on a mattress under the stairs.Marina turned pale. The woman looked exactly like Tanya—every feature—but her eyes were lost, her face blank.“Tanya?..” Marina whispered. “But… you…”Continue in first comment

The Promise in a Fading Room
The beeping of the heart monitor was too steady, too calm—a cruel rhythm that masked the urgency behind each shallow breath Tanya took. The sterile hospital room was dimly lit, as if the world already knew how this would end. Outside, the wind tapped faintly against the windowpane, but inside, time felt frozen.

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