My heart sank into the very pits of my stomach upon taking in what he had just said. I could barely believe what he had said, but I knew that it was just because I was finding it difficult to come to terms with what was happening. Everything was already such a big shock to me, and now, I needed to deal with the knowledge that I was going to be left alone so soon after barely being awake.
I knew that he was able to pick up on the way that I felt after his statement, because the heart monitor that I was hooked on to made it quite difficult to ignore. There was a part of me that felt ashamed by the fact that it seemed to be so easy to interpret my feelings, and everything on top of that. It was becoming increasingly difficult for me to keep my emotions in check, for me to keep myself from b
