CHAPTER 006
OLIVIA’S POV
Beep. Beep.
Those were the first sounds I heard as my consciousness slowly returned. My eyelids felt impossibly heavy, and every part of my body ached as if I had been run over by a truck.
I blinked several times, my vision blurry and unfocused, trying to make sense of my surroundings. The harsh fluorescent lights above me were blinding, forcing me to shut my eyes momentarily before attempting to open them again.
I was in a hospital.
The scent of antiseptics and the faint humming of machines confirmed it before I could fully process my memories. Panic gripped me as flashes of what had happened resurfaced in my mind.
Dora.
I gasped softly, my fingers twitching against the cool sheets of the hospital bed. The memory of her smug expression, her taunting words, the pain that followed after she deliberately pushed me everything came crashing down at once. My breathing became shallow as fear and rage swirled in my chest.
A soft rustling sound drew my attention, and I sluggishly turned my head. A couple of nurses were standing near my bed, their expressions unreadable as they monitored the machines around me. One of them noticed my movement and immediately hurried out of the room, presumably to call the doctor.
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I tried to sit up, but an intense wave of dizziness crashed over me, forcing me to fall back onto the pillows with a sharp exhale. My body felt weak, more exhausted than I had ever been in my life.
Moments later, the doctor walked in, his expression professional yet kind. He quickly checked my vitals, his brows furrowing slightly as he made notes on his clipboard. I wanted to speak, to ask what had happened to me, but my throat was dry, and my voice refused to come out.
“How are you feeling?” he asked, his tone calm and reassuring.
I tried to respond, but my lips barely moved. Seeing my struggle, he shook his head gently. “Relax. There’s no need to stress yourself. You’re still recovering, and your body needs rest.”
I swallowed dryly and rubbed my eyes with trembling fingers, still trying to sit up properly. I felt so disoriented, so lost. Something was nagging at the back of my mind
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a deep, unsettling feeling that I was forgetting something crucial.
Then, the doctor continued speaking, explaining the extent of my injuries. My head.
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was still spinning, making it difficult to fully grasp his words, but then I caught a sentence that sent ice shooting through my veins.
“I’m sorry, Miss, but you lost your baby.”
My eyes snapped open in shock. My heart stopped for a moment as my mind. struggled to comprehend his words.
Baby?
I was pregnant?
And I lost it?
The words felt foreign, unreal like I had stepped into someone else’s nightmare.
“What….what did you just say?” I forced the words out, my voice barely above a whisper.
The doctor’s expression softened. “The little accident you were involved in caused your to lose your pregnancy. I’m truly sorry for your loss.”
I felt my heart clench, an unbearable weight pressing down on my chest. My hands instinctively moved to my abdomen, but there was nothing there – nothing but the dull ache of loss.
My baby was gone. A child I hadn’t even known existed had been taken from me before I could even dream of its future.
Tears welled up in my eyes, blurring my vision as the reality of it all settled in. The walls of the hospital room seemed to close in on me, suffocating me. My breath hitched, and the machine beside me began to beep faster and faster as my heart rate spiked.
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