SARAH
I tried to talk, but my voice was hoarse. I coughed, then tried again. "What happened?" I asked, the fog in my mind not yet completely lifted, Sarah said.
Kelvin was silent for a while before he spoke. "When I came to pay for the hospital bills, you were unconscious. So we had to bring you here."
Everything came rushing back to my memory: the events leading up to my unconsciousness—the trauma of not seeing my baby, meeting Philip in this unknown place, and this overwhelming sense of fear that had enveloped me.
I glanced at once around my surroundings—with those many nurses and doctors surrounding us. "Get them out," I said to kelvin with firmness. "I want to talk to you alone."
Kelvin nodded and then dismissed the medical staff from the room. When they were all gone, I turned t
