Chapter 4: A tiny ray of light
As I opened my eyes, I could now make out faces. I could make out James face. He was sitting in a chair next to the bed. I could hear him snoring. Reaching a hand over, I shook him. "James? Where's Cara?"
James snorted and kept sleeping. I noticed I couldn't move. "What the hell?"
My hands had soft restraints around them. I called out to James. "James, wake up."
James stirred and opened up his eyes. "You're awake, Blondie. What's wrong?"
What's wrong? Shaking my head, I held up my hands. "Is there a reason why I have soft restraints on my hands?"
Furrowing his eyebrows at me James got confused. "Wait Blondie, you can see?"
Of course I could see! Not very well. But I could see. "Yes. But not clearly. I can just make out your face. Colors and objects are kind of fuzzy."
I began to pull on the soft restraints around my wrists. "Could you get someone to take these off? Please, James?"
James ran a hand through my hair. "I'm sorry, Blondie. You were throwing things around the room. It took three orderlies to hold you down. You were screamin'. Sayin' that someone had taken Cara."
I was confused. Why didn't I remember that? I tried to run a hand through my hair. But remembered the restraints on my wrists. "James? Where's Cara?"
I hated pleading. But Jack was my best bet as he entered the room. David entered just behind him. Just my luck. Jack seemed to answer my thoughts. "Juliet you're awake. How are you feeling?"
Before I could answer Jack; James seemed to interrupt me. "Doc. She can see."
Jack's figure was blurry, but I could see him. I felt him put a hand under my chin and shine his pen light in my eyes. "Look straight ahead for me, Juliet."
Jack's blurry form nodded at me. If he was smiling, I couldn't tell. Everything was a mishmash right now. "You're pupils are reacting to light, Juliet. I want to try another test. If all goes well with that; we'll go from there. What I'm more concerned about is these episodes of paranoia. They've been increasing in frequency over the last few days. I'll let Doctor Andersen explain that to you."
I frowned and shook my head. "Jack, I'm not crazy." Another doctor came into the room. I couldn't make out the features on his face, but I was assuming this was Doctor Andersen. He cleared his throat and spoke. "Juliet, I'm Doctor Andersen. Glad to finally see you awake. How are you feeling?"
How much I hated hearing that question. I never used to think of it that way before. The blurry figure stepped closer and I responded. "I've been better. Could I ask one favor? Could you kindly take these soft restraints off my hands and my feet. Please?"
Doctor Andersen made a noise in his throat and put a hand on mine. "Before we get to that Juliet, I'd like to explain your condition. Do you remember what happened to you about an hour ago?"
I shook my head no. I became more confused. "No. But James filled me in. What happened?"
Doctor Andersen sighed and took a seat on the other side of the bed. "You were hysterical. You were screaming. Saying that someone named Ben had stolen your baby. It took three orderlies to hold you down. Then you said the island was punishing you. Can you tell me what that means?"
I looked beyond Doctor Andersen at James, who was shaking his head. "Don't say anything."
I shook my head no and could just now make out Doctor Andersen's features. "I'm sorry. I can't talk about that."
Doctor Andersen pressed me some more for a moment. "Why not?" Sighing, I looked down at the invisible thread sticking out of the scratchy blanket.
"It's complicated. What you gave me, is it safe for my baby?"
Doctor Andersen looked nervous. "Your pregnant? Why am I just hearing of this?"
Out of the corner of my eye, I watched as David approached my bed. He shook his head no at Doctor Andersen. "The Haldol you gave her is perfectly safe Doctor Andersen. She's not pregnant."
Doctor Andersen looked down at my chart and wrote down some notes. "Ok Juliet, I'll be back to check on you. In the mean time, I'm going to have the nurse here give you something to help you sleep. Get some rest."
I gave a frustrated sigh. How could they not see that I was having a baby? I mean it was obvious. Besides, its 2007.
To Be Continued…
