When Regina opens her eyes, she blinks in shock. Her chest hurts, her arm aches, and her feet are freezing cold. “What’s going on?” she shouts. “Nothing hurts in Heaven!”
“Welcome back.” A freckled face surrounded in red hair grins down at her.
“Bessie, what are you doing here?”
“Here in your room in Ravenspond General Hospital? Waiting for you to wake up, that’s what. I’ll go get the nurse.” Bessie rushes towards the door.
“Wait,” Regina calls out. “Please. I need to talk to you first.”
Bessie hesitates for a blink, then returns to the patient’s bedside.
“Please, just tell me what’s going on? Where am I? Just a second ago I was in Heaven, or at least I thought I was but …” Regina’s eyes are full of fear.
Bessie takes her hand. “I know just how you feel. It was like that for me, too
