Three
Kelly
I heard the voices around me speaking frantically, but I paid no attention to what they were saying.
I expected to feel pain from the explosion. The last thing I remembered was hurtling toward concrete, and I was sure I’d hit my head pretty hard.
But I didn’t feel any pain … Maybe they have me on painkillers.
I knew I was in a hospital. I could feel the bed beneath me, sense the bright light threatening me on the other side of my eyelids, and could hear the telltale beeping of machines. I remembered that beeping from when I’d given birth to Jake.
Jake … I hoped he was okay. I’m sure he’d been terrified to witness me flying across the road. Thank God I’m okay. I’d hate to think how traumatized he’d be if I’d died.
I wondered how long it had taken for the police and ambula
