Chapter 295

"Kiki, tonight Daddy will watch the stars with you."

"Kiki, be a good girl and take your medicine."

"Kiki..."

...

"Dad, Mom..." I reached out for them, but my hands were pinned down, and I heard a familiar voice calling, "Kiki, Kiki, wake up, wake up..."

I felt two hands gently cup my face.

Hayden's anxious face came into focus. His thumb brushed softly across my cheek. "Kiki, it's me."

It was Hayden.

I was finally pulled out of the heartbreaking dream, but as reality set in, the pain only got worse.

I bit down on my lip, so hard I could taste the metallic tang of blood.

In the next second, Hayden pried my mouth open. "Kiki, stop. Don't hurt yourself. Please, listen to me..."

His voice kept calling my name, but all I could see were my parents' faces.

"Ah!" I screamed again.

Hayden pulled me into his arms, and I collapsed against his shoulder, sobbing uncontrollably.

I pounded my fists against him, but no one could understand the depth of my pain, how much I just wanted to