Piper
My mind was awake before I was. I tried to open my eyes, but they felt like they were being held shut by how heavy they were. It took me a minute to pry them open.
Everything ached. My eyes, my head, my throat. It was so dry. Even my arms and hips hurt.
I looked at the ceiling first, then around. Was I in the hospital? Just as the question came to my mind. Everything that happened came back to me. Detective f*****g Rivers. He and his f*****g accusations. The s**t he had was circumstantial. He couldn’t prove or disprove anything. He was grasping.
I looked at the monitors next to me. I saw my heart monitor and oxygen levels. I then saw the fetal heartbeat monitor. Good, it looked like my babies were fine.
I roamed the room again. It looked to be dark outside. The lights in the
