“You never understand life until it grows inside of you.” – Sandra Chami Kassis
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
BEEP.
BEEP.
BEEP.
The beeping sounds of machines woke Jane up. As she slowly regained consciousness, she struggled to open her eyes against the harsh lighting in the room.
Her body felt lethargic. Given her past and her inability to remember much of it, she felt a panic bubbling inside her chest. Jane took slow shallow breaths as she tried to calm herself.
Not again. Please God, not again.
This was her fervent silent prayer as she tried to take stock of her situation without alerting whoever may have kidnapped her.
She wiggled her toes and realized she was without shoes. An attempt to move her hands revealed she was restrained by some sort of wires. She couldn’t tell exactly what it w
