CHAPTER SIXTEEN: Meeting Julia and Adrian

I fell back asleep almost immediately I finished eating and after a while I woke up to see Uncle Eddie by my bedside. My vision was blur at first, but it cleared up and I called. “Uncle Eddie?”

“Oh darling, you’re awake. Thank goodness.” He said, hugging me and immediately left me when I let out a small wince. A nurse had come in to check on me.

“Where is Mama and Papa?” I asked, wincing as I struggle to sit up, but failed and Uncle Eddie helped me back down and told me not to stress myself. I asked again “Mama and Papa?” Uncle Eddie face dropped and he braces up.

“Alannah, you’ll have to calm down, Okay?” He said. What does that even mean and why? “Ok.” Was all I could let out.

“On your way to Disneyland, a drunk truck driver bumped into your parents car and it was really serious. Now the medics, the doctors. They came there and you were the only person they could pull out of the car. No one thought you’d make it, but the doctors they tried their best.” Uncle Eddie