Chapter 6
The young girl opened her eyes and blinked several times to try to clear her vision. Her surroundings came into focus, but they certainly weren't familiar. Everything was white and cold. What had happened? As she tried to piece together her last memories, Nurse Kennedy came into the room to check on her. "Oh my goodness you're awake. I'll be right back, I need to call the doctor." She disappeared through the door again. She said to herself, "OK, so I'm in a hospital." Dr. McGuire came into the room followed by Nurse Kennedy. The doctor took her pulse, looked in her eyes, and took her blood pressure and temperature. The nurse asked, "What's your name sweetie?" "I I Isabella, Belle" "Well, Belle, do you remember what happened?" Belle closed her eyes and thought really hard. "I don't know. All I remember is waking up here. I have no idea how I got here." The doctor piped in, "Don't worry about it, sometimes with extreme traumas like yours, patients have some memory loss, but it usually comes back in a few days. After all, you were in a coma for 3 months." Belle closed her eyes; all of this news was too much for her to handle at the moment.
Shawn woke up in the middle of the night in a cold sweat. He'd had one of those nightmares again. Unfortunately it was a true nightmare. He had dreamt about the day that Belle died. Every movement, every word was engraved in his brain for him to relive forever. Every time he woke up from this dream, he would reach for Belle, but her side of the bed was empty. He never could get back to sleep after that. Shawn got up and went to the kitchen for some cookies and milk. He poured a glass for himself and filled a little saucer for Felix. Shawn had taken to spoiling him a little. Belle had loved that cat so much; that he wanted to make sure that Felix was treated as well as Belle would have treated him. Shawn took his cookies and milk into the office and turned on the computer. He was about to check his e-mail when the news headlines popped up. He read out loud to himself, "unidentified woman regains consciousness at mountain hospital." Shawn looked down at the Felix and said, "It couldn't be . . . could it?" Shawn clicked on the link to the full story but an error message came up on the screen; his Internet connection was lost.
The young girl opened her eyes and blinked several times to try to clear her vision. Her surroundings came into focus, but they certainly weren't familiar. Everything was white and cold. What had happened? As she tried to piece together her last memories, Nurse Kennedy came into the room to check on her. "Oh my goodness you're awake. I'll be right back, I need to call the doctor." She disappeared through the door again. She said to herself, "OK, so I'm in a hospital." Dr. McGuire came into the room followed by Nurse Kennedy. The doctor took her pulse, looked in her eyes, and took her blood pressure and temperature. The nurse asked, "What's your name sweetie?" "I I Isabella, Belle" "Well, Belle, do you remember what happened?" Belle closed her eyes and thought really hard. "I don't know. All I remember is waking up here. I have no idea how I got here." The doctor piped in, "Don't worry about it, sometimes with extreme traumas like yours, patients have some memory loss, but it usually comes back in a few days. After all, you were in a coma for 3 months." Belle closed her eyes; all of this news was too much for her to handle at the moment.
Shawn woke up in the middle of the night in a cold sweat. He'd had one of those nightmares again. Unfortunately it was a true nightmare. He had dreamt about the day that Belle died. Every movement, every word was engraved in his brain for him to relive forever. Every time he woke up from this dream, he would reach for Belle, but her side of the bed was empty. He never could get back to sleep after that. Shawn got up and went to the kitchen for some cookies and milk. He poured a glass for himself and filled a little saucer for Felix. Shawn had taken to spoiling him a little. Belle had loved that cat so much; that he wanted to make sure that Felix was treated as well as Belle would have treated him. Shawn took his cookies and milk into the office and turned on the computer. He was about to check his e-mail when the news headlines popped up. He read out loud to himself, "unidentified woman regains consciousness at mountain hospital." Shawn looked down at the Felix and said, "It couldn't be . . . could it?" Shawn clicked on the link to the full story but an error message came up on the screen; his Internet connection was lost.