Dailyprompt - A quick nap

"It’s just a quick nap. When you wake up, I’ll be right here."

That was the last thing she said before everything went dark.

When I opened my eyes, the ceiling above me was unfamiliar in its stillness; it was too quiet.

I turned my head.

A bouquet sat on the bedside table.

I reached for it.

The moment my fingers brushed the petals, they crumbled, dry and brittle. They fell apart onto the white surface.

My chest tightened.

Fragments of memory flickered: faces, voices, someone laughing, someone crying. My mother. My best friend. The flowers.

“She said she’d be here…”

I looked around.

No one.

No footsteps. No machines. No voices.

“Hello?” My voice came out weak.

"..."

“Nurse?” Louder this time. “Anyone?”

Nothing.

I forced myself out of the bed. My legs trembled as they touched the cold floor.

Step by step, I reached the door.

My hand hovered over the handle.

Then I opened it—