CHAPTER FOUR

Laura awoke during the night, feeling disorientated and in pain. She reached for the buzzer when she heard a rustling sound in the room. She peered into the darkness, she could see the faint outline of somebody in the room.

" Who's there?" she asked, fumbling for the nurse button but couldn't find it. The person walked closer to her bed and she shrank back.

" Who's there?" she asked again and finally found the buzzer. The intruder knocked it out her hand, making her drop it. Then the intruder starting to do something with the IV Drip stand. Laura could do the only thing she can do-yell out for help.

Morag was rudely woken by her mobile phone. She grabbed it and was about to turn it off when she saw it was the hospital calling.

Something's wrong. She thought and answered it. " Morag Bellingham."

" Hi…this is Nurse Cooper from Summer Bay District Hospital. I'm calling on behalf Laura Tate."

" Is she all right?" Morag asked getting out of bed. She reached for her clothes.

" She's asking for you." Nurse Cooper answered, " I know it's late but she's pretty distressed and doesn't want her son coming down-"

" I'll be on my way." Morag told her as she struggled to get her nightgown off with the phone in the other hand.

Morag arrived almost fifteen minutes later. Laura was fully awake and arguing with Nurse Cooper.

" What's happened?" she asked them.

" Someone was in my room!" Laura exclaimed and told her what happened, " but no one believes me." She glared at the nurse.

" We would have seen someone go in," Julie Cooper tried to reason with Laura,
" Your room is right across the hall from the nurse station."

" So you think I'm lying?" Laura demanded. She sighed and leaned back, " It's useless trying to convince everyone. The person was playing around with the IV Drip thing. Has it been tampered with?"

" No, everything's perfectly normal." Nurse Cooper hesitated, " Perhaps you were dreaming Laura. After all, you've been on medication and you perhaps been feeling a little drowsy and disorientated."

Morag glanced at Laura. She wasn't sure what to believe-the nurse's explanation was quite a reasonable one.

Laura caught the look on Morag's face, " You don't believe me either." She said accusingly.

" No…I do." Morag glanced at the Nurse, " I can take it from here. I think I'll be staying the night if that's all right?"

The nurse nodded and left the room.

" You don't have to stay." Laura said.

" I know, but I'd like to." Morag said, " I'll stay until you fall asleep." She paused, " When can you go home?"

" Probably not for awhile yet." Laura said, " Well at least I didn't have any internal bleeding to worry about. But the doctor is worried about my heart. She says it has an irregular heartbeat."

" Do you have any history of heart problems?"

" None." Laura took Morag's hand, " Don't look so worried Morag. It takes a lot more than falling off a cliff to get rid of me." She tried to lighten the mood and Morag gave her a smile that was far from convincing.

They sat in comfortable silence for awhile when Laura said, " I remember having this dream just before I woke up."

" What was it about?"

" It was more of a flashback really. I dreamt of the past." Laura sighed, " A past I'd rather forget."

" Now that Sam Tate is truly dead, you can make a fresh start." Morag suggested.

" Yes. With Jacob…and you."

" Me?"

" You think I have forgotten about us?" Laura teased, squeezing her hand.

" No, of course not."

" I thought you might have." Laura admitted.

" What do you mean?"

" Well, you haven't kissed me since that night on the pier so I assume that you've forgotten."

Morag leaned over and kissed her on the forehead, " I haven't forgotten. Not by a long shot. And I would love to start over with you."

A car pulled up in front of the Summer Bay Welcome Sign. The car door opened and a figure climbed out. She looked around, Summer Bay. Just as she had pictured it. She ran a hand through her brown hair and smiled.

She would like living here.