Ex-Husband's Regret

Chapter 13

Alternate universe
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My head is throbbing. Actually scratch that. My entire body is in pain. I try opening my eyes but I

can’t. It felt like they were weighed down by stones I try calling out to Noah, to anyone, but no

sound leaves my mouth.

I am moving. Or someone is moving me. Every movement jolts me and just makes the pain all the more excruciating. I wish they would go slowly. Or just stop all together.

“We need a doctor!” someone shouts.

I didn’t understand what they were talking about or why they needed a doctor. Or what was going on. I tried staying conscious but darkness embraced me once more and I fell into it willingly.

When I came back to myself again, I’m not in pain but I still can’t open my eyes. Nor can I move my body. I feel like my limbs were laden with cement. Like I was trapped inside my own body.

I can hear people talking but it all sounds so far away. As their words are submerged under water

or something. Nothing made sense and I didn’t understand why this was happening to me.

I was desperate to see Noah, to hear him. He must be so worried that I hadn’t called him. Yet there

was nothing I could do.

I fall back to the nothingness, unable to keep up with what was happening around me. My last

thought is Noah and how sad he would be that I haven’t called

I wake up and the room is shrouded in light. The brightness of it makes me wince.

“You’re awake” an unfamiliar female voice says,

I try opening my eyes again but with the lights accosting them it’s nearly impossible.

“I’m so sorry about this” she pauses and I hear movements. “You can now open your eyes, the light

won’t be a problem”

True to her words, when I open my eyes, curtains are closed and the light are turned low. I turn to

the woman who seems to be in her late thirties. She’s wearing a nurse uniform and a quick survey

of the room makes me conclude that I’m in a hospital.

croak out, my voice

this while I go call you doctor. Your family will be relieved to know you’re

glass of

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cooled my throat. I stare at the room I was in. It’s full of flowers, balloons and teddy bears. There was

pick one and open it when the door

tell him, my voice almost back

he looked tired. I have never seen Rowan like this. He is always impeccable and neat. His eyes

and back.

he asks sitting down next to my

a train…what

when he takes my hand in his large one. I go to

he pleads in a small voice. “I need this, I

wake up in an alternate

your head or

with my other hand.

opens and a doctor walks in. He looked at

eyes find

begins with a smile. Now, do you know where you are and

something forceful pushed me back when I unlocked my car. I

from the

since I woke up.

almost died.

the force of it blowing is what

what year is it?”

he notes it down. Rowan squeezes my hand and I look at

eyes but it

have thought that my car would be bombed.

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your own name and

We will have to perform more tests though, just

any type of

“Okay” I whisper.

spleen, traumatic brain injury which caused a buildup of fluid in your brain which we had to drain and also some swelling. The stitch from your shoulder wound reopened and we had to re–stitch it. Our main concern right now is you

questions?”

other hand goes to my head since Rowan has refused to let go of my

everything that

have I been here?” I ask

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