Her head was spinning. Round and round. Round and round. She tried to sit up, but an excruciating pain throbbed on every part of her body. What happened? She couldn’t remember much, but she knew that her mother was driving to the place where Monica was found. Monica! Did they find her?
“You’re awake.” It was Oliver who greeted her. He looked genuinely worried, his forehead in a crease. He was seated beside her bed, his hands clasped together whilst his elbow was propped on the hospital bed she was lying.
“Where am I?” she asked.
“You’re in the hospital,” he replied, stroking her brown hair. “You got into a car accident. Your mother is in the ICU.” Monique couldn’t find the air. It was like a jab in the stomach, constricting her breathing. Her mouth parted, but no voice came out of her t
