Ally wakes up in a large room she does not recognise. The room is beautifully decorated. The sunlight shining in through the open windows makes the room look warm and inviting. Ally sits up in the bed. Her body aches and she feel a little nauseous. Ally looks around the room for anything that would give her a clue as to where she is.Nothing in the room looks familiar. She slides her legs off the bed and rest her feet on the soft carpet. She tries to stand up but her legs feel weak and she is afraid that she will fall down.Ally sits a little while longer, waiting for her body to catch up with her mind. She rubs her hands over her face. She is awake but still feels tired. Judging by the height of the sun, it must be afternoon already. She shifts to the other side of the bed to get a better view of what is outside her window. She can make out that she is on the second floor. The view outside looks more like the country side than anything closely resembling the city. Ally is sure she ca

Benson Ash.Ally tries to remember ever hearing the name. She cannot. It doesn’t even sound remotely familiar. The frown on Ally’s forehead deepens. She watches Benson closely. He has strong features and she can imagine that she would have found him very attractive when she met him. She may even have swooned when she met him. He is a very beautiful man. She tilts her head to the other side. She just cannot remember anything about him.“Well then, Ally. Let us find out how much time you lost. How old are you?” Benson asks Ally. His voice is less soothing now and more inquisitive. Ally looks up towards the ceiling, trying to remember her own age. The last birthday she can remember is her twenty first birthday. She had to do a very difficult culinary exam on her twenty first birthday. It was her final exam and it lasted for hours. She was exhausted when she finished and her feet was so sore. Her legs were aching and she just couldn’t keep her eyes open anymore. She went straight home aft

Ally goes to sleep with a heavy heart that night. Benson never came to visit her. She asked Gayle to call him and ask why he didn’t come. Gayle only told her that she could not reach him. Ally lays in bed, staring at the ceiling in the dark room. She tries to remember anything she possibly could about her life with Benson. Ally finally falls asleep just after midnight. Her mind is tired of thinking about the life she cannot remember.Ally wakes just as the sun rises. Her heart feels heavier than before. She gets out of bed and makes her way to the bathroom. She is glad that, even though she is in a hospital of some sort, she is still able to wash herself in a private bathroom. She pours herself a hot bath and adds bubbles in the water. Ally lays in the hot water for a few long minutes. She feels her body relaxing in the hot water as the tension seeps out of her body.When she leaves the bathroom, she feels a lot fresher than when she woke up. She wraps a large towel around her body an

Ally looks down at her feet. Her ankles look puffy. She frowns at them. She didn’t realise they were swollen until Ronald said so.“It’s okay. It is a common occurrence during pregnancy. You can just lay on your bed and raise your feet a bit. The swelling will go down.” Ronald tells Ally. He rubs her calves and feet with oil and massages her ankles for her. They do not talk a lot during the session. Ally feels a little under the weather. She closes her eyes and lays back, enjoying the massage her feet are getting. It does not long before Ally drifts off to sleep.She wakes when there is a knock on the door. Ronald is gone. Her legs and feet feel cold from the oil cooling on her skin. She raises herself onto her elbows and looks at the woman standing in the doorway. She is dressed in a neat, white uniform. There is no doubt that she must be a nurse. Ally looks at her as she enters the room.“Good day. I am Nurse Clayton. I will be taking you to your next appointment.” She says, her han

Ally wakes the next morning feeling worse than the day before. She waits for Benson to come around but he never does.Ronald comes to give her therapy but she cannot find the light heartedness to enjoy his banter today. She also cannot really joke back towards him. Ally’s heart feels heavy and it shows.After Ronald left, Gayle came to bring her food. She took a few bites but wasn’t really hungry enough to eat a whole meal. Gayle checks that Ally takes her medication and tells her what the events for the day are. Ally listens to everything that is available for her to do but she does not feel like leaving her room today. Gayle leaves eventually and Ally lays back down in her bed.Ally has no energy to take on the day. She spends most of the day laying in bed and waiting for Benson to come visit her. By late afternoon, Gayle comes back to check in on her.“Are you feeling sick?” Gayle asks Ally. She is worried. Ally turns around and looks at Gayle.“I am just tired.” Ally tells Gayle.