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Lisa's POV
I wake up to an unfamiliar room, the surrounding are totally different from the one I'm always used to, the place i used to call home.
I try to sit up and adjust my self, but the light is too much, i think it's coming from the open window, the wind is blowing and the sun is already up, i guess it's another day. It's morning already, for how long have I been asleep? I ask myself
I make to stand up but the throbbing headache won't let me, it's literally giving me nuts, i grown as i stretch myself to reach the night stand but i instead find myself down, i call with a big this
"Ouch!" I writhe in pain as i try to get up, I'm so weak, i wish I knew those drugs would make me this weak.
Suddenly the door opens and in walks a middle-aged woman, just about my age i guess, she's beautiful, i must admit
"Ooh my God I'm so sorry, let me help you up" she says and tries to help me but I shake my head
"No problem i think i got this" i say trying to sound strong although I'm failing terribly
"You need help ma'am your system is still weak"
"Okay thank you Alice" i say reluctantly, because i didn't need her help, but what option I'm i left with anyway, she's just showing me her kindness which i think is okay if I return back the favour.
"So how are you feeling ma'am?" Alice asks and it feels weird when she refers to me as ma'am
"I'm good thanks, just call me Lisa, but the throbbing headache won't stop" i say resting my head in my arms
"I understand that one side effect of the drug, Dr Regina gave me orders and instructions, she said you'd should be taking these tablets when you wake up, it'll help you with the headache"
"Thank you Alice" i say as i hand her back the glass of water. The tablets seem to be strong because it doesn't take long before i start feeling okay, my headache now stops and i feel like I'm healthy again
"Wow these tablets work magic!" I say
"Ooh really, us the headache gone?"
"Yeah and i feel so much okay, you can't know it was almost liking me minutes ago"
"I'm glad that's the goodness with technology, i wonder how the world would have been without technology"
"You probably right, i think i should shower first before I take my breakfast, i have a long day ahead"
"Ooh no problem, i already prepared a hot bath for you and breakfast is ready" she says and i nod
"Thank you again Alice I'll join you in the living room later"
"Okay but i still think you should take enough rest just like the doctor said"
"Don't worry about me Alice, just make sure you fellows are done with their work before they go to their servant's quarters"
"Okay ma'am"
"It's Lisa!" I half shout at her and she cringes back in fear, i realise i have used a harsh tone on her
"Sorry for being a little harsh, Alice , but I'd prefer if y'all called me by my name, it's comfortable that way"
"Okay ma'am" she mumbles under her breath and quickly goes out"
"What's wrong with some people?" I ask myself loudly before I pick my towel, wrap it around my body and walk to my en suite bathroom.
It's been almost one week since i faked my own death,i miss my kids especially Kayla, my twins and my baby boy Logan,but what i did was for their own good,i remember watching the clip from my own 'funeral' it really broke me seeing my kids crying, but i believe one of these fine coming days i will be with them,I'll make it up to them and especially my first born, Adrianna and Alistair who had spent almost their whole life with their uncle in USA
As the water falls on my back I can't help but reminisce my past,the days i was madly in love with Adrian,when all along he was nothing but a liar.
I moved to another country immediately after my fake death,all thanks to Dr Regina and Mr Kenneth my long time friend, he was the one who organised for my flight, bought me a mansion here, employed some of the workers staying with me here, i know you might be wondering how,well when I first realised about Amanda's case i decided to buy myself a vacation house in a different country,i wanted it to be a place I'd come to relax after long days at work and to get some fresh air,well i never knew I'd use it as my hiding place as i do my investigations,life can be so unpredictable sometimes but do we have a say in it rather than dancing to it's tune?
The greatest handicap is fear and i never let it rule me, i chose to live this life because I wanted to, i was tired with a marriage full of deceptions, lies and fakery , the greatest mistake is giving up and I'm not any close to giving up, in fact I wanna fight tooth and nail so i can unravel all the dirty secrets my so called husband and his family has been hiding from me all these years, i want the truth to prevail, the hardest thing was to start but now that I'm already back on my feet, i believe in the power of success.
My phone rings from my bedroom, I'm just wiping my self dry, when I check the caller it's doctor Regina.
~Flashback~
"I think i have an idea of what we'll do" i say sounding excited like a kid.
"And what's the idea?"Dr Regina asks creasing her brows at me questioningly
"Well i think you'll induce me into coma, fake my death and help me escape from the hospital unnoticed" i say and she gives me a mighty gasp, which from my view i know she's scared but when I quote the amount I'm going to pay her, she accepts after giving it a thought ,i know money can't buy everything but it can buy something.
"So i want you to induce me into coma or catalepsy, whatever you doctors call it"
"That's not a problem to me, i have the best drug, fentanyl, it's a strong medicine, made from oploids chemicals used to treat sudden and ongoing pain, it's almost 100 times stronger than morphine,heroine and oxycodone. It is taken by mouth or through intravenous injection, and when taken, it has a stronger effect"
"And what are the effects?" I ask following the explanations keenly.
"Well for starters taking too much fentanyl can cause poisoning"
"I'm sure I ain't going to take much, just enough to work with my plans" i say crossing fingers it doesn't have any extreme effects on my body, the last thing I want is fighting with diseases and being hospitalized again after here
"Well not at all, the side effects include:
1.sleepiness
2.Trouble breathing ( which may sound like snoring)
3.cold and calmy skin( which one may think you're actually dead)
4.unresponsiveness to pain or someone's touch( this is the most dangerous because it can stop you from breathing which my lead to death)
And addiction to this drug may lead to withdrawal symptoms like carvings, sweating,runny nose and yawning, trouble sleeping, weakness, nausea or vomiting,stomach cramps, diarrhoea, muscle spasms or bone pains,chills or goose bumps, feeling of irritation"
"Well i guess i won't reach to that point, it's just a one time thing which I'm sure ain't lead to addiction" i say sounding so sure of myself
"Well okay but you do know this is against my code of conduct and against the ethics"
"Yeah i know and I'm glad you doing this for me, i owe you one" i say seriously
"Okay so after taking the drug, it will take a few minutes before it starts working and you'll have seizures, after a while your body will go still and I'm sure your husband will think you're dead, that's when ill step in and give you the antidote injection it's called naloxone,it will reverse the symptoms of fentanyl and other oploid poisoning"
"Okay I'm ready"
" Okay i hope from there you have plans of how you're going to travel from here in that state to another country?"
"Yeah that's sorted, you don't have to worry about that, i have my guy working on that" i say as i smile
"Ooh so you had all these arranged?"
"Not really I knew this day would finally come and I'm here, I'm glad i met you here"
"Okay what about your funeral and stuffs, you know family would want to view your body?" She asks and i take time to consume her statement
"Well you're a doctor, I'm sure you'll figure that out"
~End of flashback~
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