NORA
The pain woke me up before my alarm did.
This was duller and deeper and it sat right at the base of my abdomen where the scar from the section was still working through whatever it needed to work through.
I pressed my hand against it and lay back for a minute breathing steadily until it settled enough for me to sit up.
Daniel had asked me to come in that morning and I had said yes mostly because arguing with him felt like more effort than just going.
I got dressed slowly and made my way through the pack to the hospital. The morning was cold and the pack was already moving around me and I walked through it with my hand occasionally pressing against my side when the ache flared up.
Daniel was waiting when I arrived. He gestured to the examination table and I climbed up,he worked
