CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
When I came to, I noticed a pale green ceiling and green walls. A distinctive smell hovered in the air. It smelled... clinical. Hearing people moving around beyond my room, I realised I was in the hospital. I had absolutely no idea what had happened to me.
“Lilly?” said a deep voice to the side of the bed.
I turned my head and saw Ben sitting patiently by my side, waiting for me to wake up.
“What happened?” I asked.
Apparently, it was a mystery to him too. After he had treated his patients, he had been working alone on some paperwork in his practice, when there had been a knock on the door, and when he opened it, he found me lying on the floor unconscious.
“I had absolutely no idea what had happened. At first, I assumed you had knocked on the door and then collapsed
