Ex-Husband’s Regret by Evelyn M.M

14. 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

makes me conclude that I’m

out, my

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

me a glass

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it cooled my throat. I stare at the room I was in. It’s full of

1. me.

and open it when the door opens

hell” I tell him, my voice

wrinkled and he looked tired. I have never seen Rowan like this. He is

and back.

you feeling?” he asks

by a

when he takes my hand in his large one. I

small voice. “I need this, I need to remind myself that you’re alive, that I’m

wake up in an

you okay, Rowan, you didn’t hit your head or something, right?” I ask, feeling his

with my other hand.

door opens and a doctor

his eyes

up…we were worried for a minute there” he begins with a smile. Now, do you know

forceful pushed me back when I unlocked my car. I

from the

to me since I woke up.

almost died.

force of it

what year is it?”

it down. Rowan squeezes my hand and I

in his eyes but it gone

be bombed. With the stress of everything, I feel a headache coming on and

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your own name

have to perform more tests though, just to make sure

any type of

“Okay” I whisper.

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

questions?”

refused to let go of my

makes everything that happened more

I been here?” I ask

is your fourth day. We had to induce a coma

with your type of head injury so we will keep you here for a

them out. Okay?”