The sounds of machines beeping was the only sound that kept me grounded to this world. I slipped in and out of consciousness so many times that I lost count. One time when I woke up I saw a strange old man looking at me with curious eyes but I could not even pay him any heed and I fell into my slumber once again.
“Mrs Dale, are you alright?”the doctor asked me.
I was not, my entire body felt numb and I was certain it was because of the drugs they had been pumping into me. I looked at him and tried to respond but I could not talk. A long pipe was inserted into my mouth and it was causing me a lot of discomfort. What was wrong with the doctor though? You inserted a pipe into my throat and asked me if I was alright afterwards. I stared at him angrily and I felt the urge to hit him across th
