I could hear muffled sounds from down the hall, but I couldn’t make anything out. I knew there were a lot more people here than initially. Some spoke very heatedly, which I knew meant they weren’t too happy about me being here. I laid my head back and just tried to drown out the muffled noises. The sound of a door slamming open had me sitting up in the hospital bed. I was shocked to see that it was a woman I didn’t recognize, and she wore a grin that had me on edge.
“Hi, I am Cecily Connor.”
Cecily stood there with her hands on her hips. As she just stared at me with a look of almost disgust.
“Hi, I am.”
“Yeah, I know exactly who you are, Lily.” Cecily scoffed as she cut me off.
Cecily started to walk toward me, and I watched as curls bounced. Unable to look Cecily in the
