Chapter 9
I reconnected with my body as they were wheeling me into Easton Base Hospital’s emergency department. A mask covered half my face and I couldn’t move my arms. I lifted my head and peered at the straps holding me down, and the cannula inserted into my left arm.
A paramedic patted my arm. ‘It’s okay. You’re at the hospital. You’re going to be fine.’
I stared up at her, surprised to recognise her as the same woman who had taken care of me after I’d been kidnapped by Andrew.
My head bounced as she wheeled the ambulance trolley over a ridge in the floor.
‘I can’t stay here.’ At my muffled protest, she simply patted my arm once more and wheeled me around a corner. A man in hospital scrubs stepped forward and she rattled off my details to him while handing him a chart.
‘Please, I
