Samantha
I woke with a start and gazed around in confusion. It took me several moments to realize I was in a hospital room and a bit longer to realize I was hooked up to beeping machines with an IV stuck in my wrist.
Panic seized me, and I began to hyperventilate. How’d I get here? What happened?
My heart monitor began to go crazy, and within seconds, a nurse came rushing into my room, followed closely by Ryan.
“Miss Berner?” the nurse said in a calm voice as she reached my bed. “Miss Berner, it’s all right. Can you take a deep breath for me? We need to get your heart rate down.”
She took my hand and held my gaze as she showed me how to breathe. I watched her and mimicked her as she sucked air in and slowly blew it out again and again.
It took a bit of time, but I managed to pull mys
