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

room makes me conclude

I croak out, my voice

Your family will be

a glass of

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my throat. I stare at the room I was in. It’s full of flowers,

1. me.

one and open it when the door opens and Rowan walks

him, my voice almost back to its normal

was disheveled, clothes were wrinkled and he looked tired. I have never seen Rowan like this. He is always impeccable

and back.

you feeling?” he asks sitting down next to

I’ve been hit by a train…what are

when he takes my hand in his large one. I go to pull it away but

this, I need to

in an alternate universe or something? Because things were just

okay, Rowan, you didn’t hit your head

with my other hand.

doesn’t get to answer because the door opens and a doctor walks in. He looked at my

eyes

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

hospital… something forceful pushed me

head from

to me since I woke up. Afraid

almost died.

force of it blowing is what threw you back “he pauses.

what year is it?”

Rowan squeezes

but it

I have thought that my car would be bombed. With the stress of everything, I feel a headache coming on and

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year, you recognize your own name and you know

to perform more tests though, just to

any type

“Okay” I whisper.

shoulder so we had to set it right. You have three broken ribs, a ruptured 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

questions?”

hand goes to my head since Rowan has refused to

makes everything that

long have I been

your fourth day. We had to induce a coma because of

will keep

them out. Okay?”