Chapter 6

Kelly POV

The pain in my head was the first thing I felt. It was as if someone had taken a sledgehammer to my skull. The world around me was a blur, but I could still make out the sharp lines of white hospital walls. I blinked slowly, struggling to focus. My vision cleared just enough to see Adrian sitting beside me, his eyes dark with worry.

“Kelly, you’re awake,” he said, his voice tight, trying to mask the concern.

I couldn’t make sense of anything. I was groggy, disoriented.

“What happened?” I whispered, my voice raw, every word feeling like it took all the strength I had.

“You fainted. I rushed you here. You’ve been out for a while,” Adrian explained, his hand instinctively brushing the hair from my face.

I nodded slowly, trying to piece together the fragments of my thoughts.

“That woman over there,” Adrian continued, motioning to the woman standing by the window, “she’s my sister, Olivia. I called her to stay with you, incase yo