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NATALIE:
I am just sitting in my hospital bed getting ready to turn on some TV while I wait for John to come back for the night. As I flick the TV on my door opens slowly. "Did you forget something?" I ask with a smile as a nurse wearing a mask walks in. "Sorry. I thought you were my husband. A nurse just checked me so I'm all right," I say as she walks closer to me. I can't see her face as it is covered by a mask and my heart begins to race. The closer she gets I realize who she is; ASHLEY. "A-a-a-shley," I stutter, "w-w-hat are you doing here?" I cannot get my words out correctly because of the fear running through my body.
She pulls her mask down and says, "Did you think you were just going to get away from me? Did you think I was just going to let you escape? Where is my son? I want my son."
"He is not your son and I don't know," I say lying to her.
"You do know don't lie to me. Where is my son, Natalie?"
"He isn't your son," I say again. She is crazier than I thought.
"Why do you keep lying to me? Where is he?" she asks me again.
"I don't know," I say doing my best to protect my son. "He didn't make it." I know it's a horrible lie but I have to keep Gabriel safe from this woman. She is way over the line of crazy she is insane!
"Natalie," she says, "you killed my baby."
"I didn't kill anything," I say as I reach for the call button to call a real nurse into my room. As I reach for it she pulls my hand down.
"NO you don't," she says holding my arm down. "I'm sorry," she says as she grabs my pillow from behind me. I am too weak to fight her back. "I'm sorry," she says as she takes the pillow and presses it over my face. I feel the heat from the pillow covering my face. I feel the sweat coming from my forehead. The darkness makes it even hotter and the hotter it gets the more I start grasping for air. My arms and legs are flailing as I feel the pressure getting harder. I try to scream but no one can hear me. I feel like I am about to pass out as I see the light and suddenly I hear the door swing open.
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING?" I hear a woman's voice yell at Ashley. The pressure from the pillow all of a sudden disappears and I hear footsteps run out of the room after I hear a thud. I push the pillow off my face grasping for air. I hear more footsteps come toward me and I see the nurse reach for the phone. "We need security in the neonatal unit. We need a lock down on the hospital," she says as the alarms start to go off. "Ms. Morgan are you all right?"
"I think so," I say catching my breath. "That's the woman that had me," I say.
"Okay," she says. "I placed a lockdown on the hospital. NO one will get in and no one will get out.
"Make sure my baby is okay please. She wants my baby," I say desperately. "Don't worry about me. Please go check on the baby make sure he is okay."
"Okay," she says before she hurries out of the room. As soon as she's gone I break down crying. I can't believe Ashley just tried to kill me again. I thought she would have been long gone by now. I don't feel safe at all.
I sit in the empty room worried to death on word if they caught Ashley or if Gabriel is okay for what seems like years. Finally a nurse walks into the room with a police officer. "Ms. Morgan," she says, "this officer would like to talk to you."
"Okay," I say before the nurse leaves the room and the police officer walks over to the bed.
"Hello, Ms. Morgan, I am Officer Graham. I want to know what went on in the last few weeks and tonight," she says.
"Where is my baby?" I ask.
"Your baby is sleeping peacefully in the NICU. He is safe and sound," he says.
"Thank God," I say instantly feeling some relief. "And the woman?"
"She is in police custody," he says. "So do you want to tell me what happened over the last few weeks?"
"Well, it started a month ago," I say. "I was taking a nap in my room and Ashley came in. She held a gun to my head saying she'd kill me if I didn't go. So I went with her. She took me to some farmhouse in the middle of nowhere. She tied me to a chair and she was working with a guy named Maxwell Winters," I say. "It was awful. Max raped me several times a day every day. I was beaten and destroyed. I finally escaped and ended up here. They wanted my baby. Ashley was going to take him and pass it off as her son to get my boyfriend back."
"And how do you know this Ashley and Maxwell character?"
"Ashley is my boyfriend's ex-wife they are in the middle of a divorce and Max was my ex-fiance," I say.
"And where is Max now?" he asks.
"He is…. He is…" I say as I bite my lip. I am so nervous to tell the officer the truth of what I've done to Max. I am scared I could get arrested for killing him. My heart is racing once again and my palms are sweating.
"Ms. Morgan? Where is Max?" asks the officer.
"He's dead," I say. "I killed him. I did it out of self-defense," I say before I break down crying. "I didn't mean to kill him. I just wanted to get away."
"It's okay, Ms. Morgan. You did it out of self-defense. Do you know where we can find him?"
"I don't know," I say. "I don't know where we were. I know somewhere in Annville but that's all I know."
"Okay," he says. "We'll do some investigating. And what happened here tonight?"
"I don't know. I was just getting ready to watch TV waiting for my boyfriend to come back and Ashley came in here dressed like a nurse, demanded to see her baby and then tried to suffocate me with a pillow. That's when the nurse walked in."
"I see," he says. "Well, Ashley Cena was posing as neonatal nurse but she is now in our custody."
"Okay," I say feeling even more relief. This has been a crazy month and I hope that this is all over now. "Any more questions?"
"I just need you to identify the suspect," he says.
"Okay," I say.
"Bring her in," he says before two officers walk in with Ashley handcuffed. "Is this the woman that attacked you?"
"Yes," I say as I look at her, "that's her."
"Thank-you," says the officer. "We will be in touch. Let's go," he says before they leave the room and I am left alone again.
About an hour later John storms into my room and says, "Natalie, are you okay?"
"Yes," I say before I start crying.
"What happened? I came back and they wouldn't let me in till just now," he says.
"Ashley," is all that I can say.
"She was here?"
"As a nurse. She tried to kill me, John," I say.
"I knew it," he says. "I knew it when I passed that nurse in the hallway. I just got a bad feeling I knew it. I never should have left. Where is she now?"
"The police have her," I say.
"Well, are you okay?"
"I'm scared but I'm okay," I say as he wraps his arms around me. I tense up but he doesn't let go.
"It's okay. I am here now. Is the baby okay?"
"He's sleeping," I say.
"Good. I'm sorry, Natalie. I am so sorry," he says as he continues to hold onto me.
*A/N: So what did you think? Please review and thank-you for reading. Thank-you for being so patient waiting for me to update. I had a test I was studying for and then I had a terrible headache the last two days and didn't get around to updating. So thank-you for your patience.