Rose's POV
I couldn't hold back the smile on my face as I opened my eyes and saw I was in a hospital with little or no pain, just a little fatigue.
There was a bandage on my arm and belly where I had slashed. Just as I prayed, they were able to break in and save me from bleeding too much.
Seeing me in that state was enough reason to believe the lie I would tell them. The dead tell no tales, so it was what I said that they would believe.
Taking a deep breath, I struggled up to sit, resting my back on the pillow behind me as I roamed my eyes around the white walls of the hospital; two empty chairs were beside my bed.
They must have been where Fred and Lena sat to check up on me. Where did they go then? I needed them here, so I would fake a cry and tell them how that maid tried to kill m
