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Chapter twenty-two - Elsie
I wake up in the hospital and very quickly a sense of dread settles in my stomach when I realise where I am and what happened.
I went too far! Stupid! I know my limits, I shouldn't have pushed myself so far!
"Oh baby, you're awake." My mother stands up, fussing around me like she hasn't ignored my existence for the last week. "As soon as the doctor says it's ok, I'm going to take you home, ok? Mummy's here and she'll look after you."
"Where's Billy? Does he know I'm here?" I try to sit up, but my mum presses on my stomach, keeping me in place.
"He was flirting with the nurses, arranging to see them after their shifts, so I told him to go home." She says, looking at her hands as she smoothes the blanket over me.
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