“Caleb.


    ” Debra’s soothing voice snapped me back to reality.


    “I’m back.


    ”


    My heart missed a beat.


    Was it real?


    Had Debra truly returned?


    Words failed me as I tried to speak.


    My throat felt clogged, making me extremely ufortable.


    Could this really be happening? Not just a figment of my imagination?


    “Darling, are you injured?” Debra’s expression turned to one of concern when she noticed my distress.


    Before I could respond, she examined me.


    Then a white light illuminated her hand.


    As the light flowed into my body, I sensed aforting energy spreading through me, erasing all pain in an instant.All text ? N?velD(r)a''ma.Org.


    “Amazing…” My eyes grew wide with shock.


    I gazed at Debra and extended a shaking hand to caress her face.


    It felt warm.


    This confirmed it was truly Debra!


    Debra was alive and had returned to me!


    Acknowledging this, I shook from head to toe, overwhelmed by a whirlwind of emotions.


    I couldn’t contain my longing for her.


    I embraced her tightly, fear


    ing she might be an apparition, fearing this moment might be a mere hallucination that could vanish any second.


    “Is it really you, Debra?” My voice came out raspy, filled with a deep-rooted anxiety.


    Debra, always perceptive, understood my turmoil.


    She wrapped her arms around me, offering reassurance in a gentle tone, “Darling, don’t be afraid.


    I’m real.


    I’vee back.


    ”


    Her warmth and her words brought me a sense of peace.


    Yet, the recent agony of her loss haunted me.


    With a heart still fragile, I inquired anxiously, “Where have you been all this time? Why did Carlos and Gale im you were dead?”


    Debra seemed prepared for such a question.


    She answered, “Well, I was…”


    “ARI”


    Her words were abruptly cut off by Gale’s hysterical shriek.


    ring at Debra with bitter animosity, Gale appeared to have lost her grip on sanity.


    Her face contorted in fury, she bellowed, “Debra, how are you still alive?”


    With clenched teeth, Gale demanded, “How did you survive my mes?”


    Debra, protective and alert, positioned herself in front of me and responded with a steely edge, “Gale, aren’t you aware?”