My son believed I was gone. So did his wife. Then I overheard something that changed everything.

For hours, I lay there without moving, afraid that even the smallest shift would send a wave of pain crashing through my body. The cold crept in slowly at first, a faint chill brushing against my skin, then settling deeper, pressing into my bones as the sun slipped lower and lower beyond the trees. The forest, which had once seemed calm and familiar, transformed into something vast and indifferent. Shadows…
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