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EDEN

“Water.” Belle showed me on her writing pad.

The surgery was successful but she still needed to rest so she wouldn't be able to speak for a while. The doctor said someone had given her an EpiPen and that was what saved her else she would have lost her ability to speak generally.

I handed her the water and watched as she gulped it down. My poor baby, if only I had known that this would happen to her, I wouldn't have let her on with him. My worries were valid that day, I had every right to worry.

Alicia entered with her food. She was on a strict liquid diet since she was still healing which I hoped wouldn't take very long. I couldn't imagine what it would feel like to only be able to ingest water. My poor girl was going through a lot.

“Hey Belle, here's your food.”

She smiled and I don't know if it was because she didn't really care about her new food plan or she was just trying to be strong. When she woke up, the first thing she wrote on her pad was Roman's name.

The fact that she