When I lay in bed with my heart pounding wildly, I closed my eyes for a moment, and when I opened them again, the view outside had shifted from the dark night sky to a bright morning one.

I checked the time and saw it was around 6:30 AM.

I remember having a hard time falling asleep because my heart was racing, but once I did fall asleep, it was a deep, restful sleep as usual.

“Finally, morning has come,” I thought to myself.

• Thump, thump, thump.

My heart started pounding like crazy as I thought about …