Sorry for the delay! I underestimated how tired I'd be when I got back from Seattle and then Spring Break happened. Not that I'm went anywhere, but I am housesitting for my parents. Free food. Yay!

Patient Mary's sobs and Orderly Hale's whispered pleas are my ticking seconds as I count each one through the night. Maybe it's the new candy Dr. Black prescribed or all of the revelations I've been making, but no matter how heavy my eyelids are, I can't seem to keep them closed for more than a few hours at a time.

Though it seems as if Dr. Black was right in this aspect. I still find myself getting lost in Bella Time, however the days aren't melding together anymore. The fog, though still ever-present, isn't as thick and as stifling. And, I never thought I'd ever think this, but in a way I miss the nightmares, but that just might be my body craving for the sleep it desperately needs.

"Pst!"

My green savior has also noticed my candy's change in flavor. Every time I sweep the room for him, it never fails that I meet his gaze. He stares for only a few seconds and a quick tilt of his head before turning back to his companions a soft smile over his handsome face. His friends vary between Patient Rosalie and Patients Lauren and Jessica. Sometimes Patient Tanya is there, and once I even saw Patient Esme though her crying never stopped and she didn't seem as checked in as the others.

Orderly Hale hasn't come back to finish what he started. I would say "yet" but I know it's because my green savior has worked his tricks. It's a comfort knowing that he's watching out for me. Even just a tiny bit of his affections makes my heart stutter in a way that I haven't felt since this fog came down on me. Except for his disappointment I see every morning when I swallow the candy Orderly Hales gives me. And the frown that accompanies. I don't know why, but it hurts my heart to see it, and I almost prefer the loopy smile. No…I know I prefer it.

"Bella!"

I jerk my head toward the tiny draft in the window. "Emmett?"

"Hello, sister! I'm here!"

I scramble from the bed, my knees hitting the concrete with a painful slap, but it means nothing as I crawl toward the glass where my brother stands on the other side. I claw at the cracks in the window, willing it to shatter beneath my fingertips.

"Emmett! You came back!"

"Of course I did! I promised I would."

"I feel like it's been forever since your last visit."

"A few weeks actually." He sighs. I can hear the familiar pain at our separation. "I'm sorry I didn't come sooner. Mother and Father caught me the last time."

"I had a feeling that's what happened."

He growls and the glass shakes with the force of his fist. "I wish I could get you out of here, but everything is locked down."

I shake my head. "Even if you did, Father would send me right back anyway, and it'd be worse being sent here a second time around."

"Fuck! I wish there was something I could do."

"Keep talking to them. Tell them I'm getting better. Let them know that I want to come home." I can't help the tears of frustration that run down my cheeks.

"Shit, Bella." Emmett curses. "Don't cry. Remember to be strong!"

"I try. Every day I try. But it's getting so hard."

"Just hang in there a little longer. I promise I'll get you out of there."

I know he will because Emmett has never failed me before.