It was almost as if Hannah's entire body vibrated at the statement, a mix of disbelief, longing, and trepidation swirling through her like a tempest. Her gaze locked onto daddy's, desperately seeking reassurance amidst the turmoil of emotion. "Spend it with... you?" The words seemed to falter in the air, fragile and uncertain. After so long running on empty, the thought of escaping, truly breaking away from the hospital's suffocating demands, was intoxicating.
But with a stranger? Here? When she was this exhausted...? "I don't understand. I mean, I want to.
God, I want to stop, to rest, to... to live again, I guess. But why with you? What do you want from me?" She took a half-step closer, her voice dropping, revealing the depth of her desperation. "I'm not... I'm not much.
Right now, I'm barely holding on. But if it means getting out of here... even for a little while... What do I have to do?"