lis

etting a

papers M

.. Robert

nger my res

*******

memories [which felt more lik

d been in an eternal slumber. Before they fluttere

were too bright, b

ick, she's finally awake" I hear a fem

rils. With the faint sound of beeping monitors beside me, making me

lly my legs, with every attempt to move being futi

rg

appene

My voice sounds hoarse and almost alien. My throat f

.. please.

ed almost immediatel

ng a straw to my pale lips to take

she calmly reassured me, before ex

******

I've been in a c

ruck me like a punch to the

ith panic. Instinctively, I attempt to sit up, steadying myself

pressing me back into the pillow. "You

g the gravity of the moment settle in, as I try to r

pened to

e questions with a croaked voic

or fell silent-for a bit too long. One which made

rtain your not suffering from a head concussion" he uttered with a so

a! Meli

ight to that name. I quickly retracted my words.

egan. I'm afraid I have

You suffered significant injuries-particularly to your face and abdomen. We've done m

ment, my heart palpitated, slamming hard agai

s banded up in thick bandages and the aching st

touch it, but couldn't fi

the words spew from my cracked voi

rything we could, but there will be some scarring. The swelling has gone down, but it's too early to know e

ality slowly seeping in. Not only was I out cold for a whole month, but

ated luck had befa

a divorce, and now I was left to deal with the repercussions that c

r behalf?" the doctors voice, warm and gentle, inquired as his sympathetic eyes gazed at me. Like they instantly read me like an ope

t sour. When suddenly my eyes bulged in horro

iately questioned him, with a flicker of optimism in m

to the floor briefly. "There's no easier way to say this, but you lost

tor?. I asked, feeling really con

y you lost one but the other survived and is stable in your womb. Which I consi

me like a fist, as I blinked rapidly, trying to process

s pregnant with twins, rather than being in a celebratory mood I was e

een avoided and so I blamed myself. But I felt even more resentment and contempt towards Robert–my now ex hus

usual chill brushed against my skin, sending shivers down my spine. My hands that now felt a bit strong, clu

couldn't prot

". I whimpered, m

in. It's a devastating loss. I'm so sorry. We'll do everything we can to help you r

h and unfeeling. I felt numb, like I was floating above my body, looking down at a w

afraid there's more" the doctor blurted out. His

ibly say that is worse than e

with a tremble in my voice, b

ly swung open when two middle aged people, a man and a woman d

or said to them, clearly aware of who

Mrs Cassagrande! he began a

ack by his utterance, as I gazed at the people w

rdi

rdians?. I thought, feel

ouldn't get worse than they

waken from my coma, only to be compo