Chapter 358
**Thomas's Point of View**
The heavy door of the luxury hotel suite clicked shut behind me, a soft mechanical snap that severed my connection to the outside world. The entire room fell into a profound stillness, dominated by the artificial warmth of the space.
At that exact second, my trembling fingers—a mere performance—stopped gripping the rubber control button on the armrest of the wheelchair. The muscles in my legs suddenly unlocked. I pushed my torso upward with effortless agility and stood upright on my feet with absolute stability, leaving that wretched chair with its leather wheels behind me like a shackle I had finally cast off.
