Chapter 23

Liquid drops, machine whirring, coffee sipping. I woke up hearing these sounds. The fluorescent lights are the first thing I see, and Lisa sitting by the couch is the next thing I see as I tilt my head.

Throbbing pain swarmed across the temples of my head. I winced at the feeling, and it made Lisa notice I was awake.

"Jill, are you ok? How are you holding up?" she asks, approaching me on the hospital bed I'm lying on.

I didn't answer her, but I only demanded something to drink. "Water," I said so weakly.

Lisa immediately gave me a bottle of water. "How are you feeling?"

After the last gulp, I glanced around the private hospital room. "My head hurts." I tried to sit up, and Lisa helped me. "What happened?"

"What do you remember?"

The last time I remember? "I… passed out?"

"At the clinic. Yes."

"Yeah, I remember. How long?" My head h