The weather was sunny outside. The place was crowded with patients and visitors. The floor was mopped and clean. Nurses and doctors were moving back and forth. Nothing strange except me. I was a soul sitting in someone else's place. The reflection of my image in the glass terrified me, and Melo's conversation with the nurse sounded like empty words at that moment. I didn't wake up from my thoughts until Melo grabbed me as I was about to fall after colliding with one of the patients.

* Are you okay?

* Yes.

* Where's your mind? We've arrived at Nermin's room.

* Really?

The door was closed, so I took a deep breath and knocked, asking permission to enter. But the matter seemed strange when I opened the door. I saw my body lying peacefully on the bed, and my parents were sitting next to it. It was a scene I never expected to see, even in my dreams.

Fatigue and worry were etched on their faces. Tears on my mother's cheeks and wrinkles that had appeared on my father's face. What happened made them age another year in their lives.

When Melo and I approached them, they finally noticed our presence. They looked at me standing before them as if I were a hero who could save their daughter, the rescuing angel.

My mother got up, hugged me, and burst into tears. Then my father got up and started patting her back. She composed herself, pulled away from me, and said without looking into my eyes :

* Please forgive our daughter. She's in a coma now, and she won't be able to apologize to you and your parents, but we apologize on her behalf. We know it was hard on you, and what she did is unforgivable, but I beg you, forgive her.

am i hearing right? How did what happened become my responsibility? Even though I tried to save her, and if it weren't for that, I wouldn't be lying now in an unknown hospital bed, not knowing when I would wake up.

I stepped back and was about to fall again when Melo grabbed me and asked my parents to give me a chair to sit on. My strength suddenly failed me, and I didn't know if it was because of what I was hearing or the unstable state of my body.

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I sat down and tried to understand the matter, then finally spoke:

* Who accused Nermin? Did anyone see what happened?

My mother answered : Don't you remember? Well, this is what your father told us on the phone. He said that some girls who came with you from school in the ambulance told him that Nermin had asked you to come to the pool and was angry, so they concluded that. They even told him that Nermin was always watching you and that when you hosted her at your house, you had a fight. This is what the girls said.

It seems that the misunderstanding between us led to this, especially since the girls were bullying me and now they get the perfect opportunity to ruin my life.

* They're lying.

I said that and made my parents chear a little.

* It's true that we weren't friends, but there was no enmity between us. What happened is that we were talking about something, and I slipped and hit my head, then fell into the pool. And I think Nermin tried to save me, but she didn't know how to swim.

My father grabbed me and started shaking me, asking anxiously : Are you sure? Do you really remember what happened? Nermin didn't push you; she didn't try to drown you, right? I didn't know she couldn't swim. I thought she learned at school. Her mother and I didn't know how to defend her in front of your parents. Please tell them the truth. They've tarnished her reputation, and everyone is talking about her as a criminal and hoping that she doesn't wake up ever.

It seems that my presence in Marian's body at this moment is a blessing of sorts—a blessing and a curse at the same time.

I looked at Melo, who seemed happy to hear the truth. It seems he didn't believe I would do that. But our rescuer remained unknown, as my parents didn't know anything about him, and the girls weren't the ones who found us.

Someone had been watching me and Marian from afar, and when the situation escalated, he intervened. What I don't understand is why he is still keeping himself unknown after saving us. What was he doing in the gym anyway?

I calmed my real parents down and glanced at myself lying there. I'm alive and dead at the same time, a confusing matter.

* I hope with all my heart that she wakes up and doesn't worry. I'll talk to my parents and explain the matter to them, but I have to go now. I'll come back to visit later.

I left with Melo and went back.

My poor mom and dad, I couldn't tell them the truth. Everyone will think I've gone crazy, and my reputation will remain tarnished after being labeled as a criminal. If I maintain Marian's identity for now, I can keep things under control until she wakes up and returns to her real body.