Vanessa
A bright light blinds me the moment I try to open my eyes. My eyelids are so heavy… After several seconds that feel endless, I manage to make out the warm orange-toned walls of the room. I feel like I’m lying on a bed and, finally, a smell of clean sheets drifts into my nostrils.
An unpleasant sensation in my arm makes me turn my head slowly. A woman in a blue uniform is beside me and sets an IV. Her straight brown hair falls elegantly over her shoulders. I look for her eyes behind her thick glasses, but she merely gives me a slight smile when she notices I’m awake.
I want to open my mouth, speak, move, do something, but a sharp pain in my belly holds me back.
“Everything is fine,” the nurse soothes me, adjusting the pillow behind me.
I nod weakly and try to gather my thoughts
