Pregnant And Rejected

Chapter 141 Selene Wakes Up

My lashes flutter open to reveal a stark white room, a bevy of sterile, chemical scents filling my nose. I feel weighed down and dizzy at once, like I’m floating yet unable to move. I recognize this feeling, and I’ve woken up in this situation often enough to guess what happened.

I must have passed out from exhaustion, dehydration, stress, or all three. I’m back in the hospital, hooked up to half a dozen beeping machines and wearing a scratchy, unflattering paper gown. The world is dark beyond the windows, and I glance around for a clock. It was around ten o-clock this morning when I attempted to call Bastien, but it’s after 8pm now. I’ve been asleep all day.

Slowly but surely, the events which passed before I lost consciousness filter back through my mind, and I immediately want to find Lila. She must have been so scared.

As if reading my mind, Odette appears in my doorway a moment later, with Lila peeking around her legs. “Mommy!”

“Hello little bean!” I greet her with as much enthusiasm as I can muster. Pushing myself up to a sitting position, I extend my arms to the pup, “come here and give Mommy a hug.”

She toddles over without hesitation, clambering onto the bed and into my arms and ignoring Odette’s soft caution to be gentle with me. I don’t want my sweet daughter to be gentle any more than she does, I want her as close as possible. Her warm little body smothers me with affection, and I cuddle her close.

“How are you?” I ask anxiously, kissing her soft cheeks.

“Mommy you scared me!” she says, a note of accusation heavy in her voice. “You fain-ed and everyone got all loud.”

“I’m sorry, angel.” I breathe, “Mommy just got very tired very fast.”

“Cuz of da baby?” She inquired curiously.

*That’s right.” I agree, rocking her gently from side to side.

“Alright now, little one.” Odette tries to intervene, caressing Lila’s hair. “Your Mommy needs her rest.”

A nurse pokes her head around the doorway and echoes my mother-in-law’s advice, “Careful now, she really shouldn’t be in bed with you though I’m glad to see you’re awake.”

glare at them both, Nuzzling my pup’s sweet-smelling skin and glowering over her shoulder.

“Easy Mama Bear,” Dr Kane moves around the nurse with a wide smile, “She can stay right where she is.”

The nurse looks like she wants to object, but the chief physician shoots her a quelling stare and she backs down immediately. He strides further into the room, greeting Odette warmly before turning to me, “How are you feeling Selene?”

in truth I feel like I’ve been hit by a

tell no one is convinced by my falsehood, but my Lila Bean saves me from

your Mommy when she was carrying you, and I’m taking care of

taking care’f her, why’s she so sick?”

more sick if Dr Kane wasn’t helping me.” I remember well how difficult it was to get Dr’s in Asphodel to take my condition seriously.

won’t make you leave, but

hugs me tighter, burying her face in my neck. Stroking my hand in soothing patterns up and down her

pup’s attention. Her little head pops

with me, but it’s not allowed.” I sigh, pressing my lips to her

Lila

I’m using the hospital rules as an excuse to give me some time to rest up alone. But it isn’t an excuse, I really do want her nearby. It was hard enough being away from her when everything was fine, but now that our lives are such a mess it gets harder and harder to let her out of

my expression, Thomas nods, “I’ll tell you what, Ms. Lila. If you go get a cookie with your Grandma now so that I can have a minute

Dr” The nurse objects

reminds her sharply. “If there

will make her life harder to have to work around my pup all night. Though I don’t want to make her job

say, Lila bean?” I ask, “Can you give us a

I have to?” She murmurs, gesturing towards the

and closed off to new people with everything that’s happened, but I also can’t encourage

and dragging her feet, Lila slides off the bed and places her small hand in Odette’s, walking out of the room with

my bedside. “Alright you, tell

know what happened, the meds were

been under any undue stress this

from beneath my lashes, I admit, “maybe

looking around, “Is Bastien here somewhere? We really need to talk about

flush work its way up my cheeks. “Actually he’s

this condition. Its the same look of surprise and displeasure everyone who’s out of the loop dons. If only they knew what was going

Nervously checking to make sure no one can overhear us,

makes no effort

“Unfortunately not.” I confess.

“I’m sorry but that