Just to clear up any confusion, this chapter takes place two weeks
after chapter 9, okay?
It started raining, and it became hard to see. I squinted, trying to see. The road was nearly deserted except for a semi truck.
All of the sudden, headlights came racing toward me.
"You idiot, you're in my lane!" I said blowing my horn. They weren't slowing down. They were going to hit me. I swerved the car and crashed into the guardrail before I blacked out.
I blinked, opening my eyes. I was in a white room, laying in what felt like a hospital bed.
"Emma," Moms voice came from beside me as I felt her hand on my forehead. "Thank God you're all right,"
"What happened?" I asked. My throat was dry.
"Hang on, I'll go get the doctor," she said before rushing off.
A few seconds later a doctor came in. "Excuse me, Miss Nelson...I need a few moments with your daughter, if that's alright?"
"okay, Emma, there's a few questions I need to ask you," she said after Mom left.
I nodded. "Can I have something to drink?"
She handed me a bottle of water. "Now...do you know why you swerved off of the road?"
I tried to remember. "There was a car coming," I said.
She nodded. "Is there a chance you can be pregnant?"
I hung my head and said, "No...uh a few years ago I was raped. The doctor who examined me said that there was so much damage, that I wouldn't be able to have children."
"Oh, I'm sorry...I wouldn't have asked if I had known."
"It's okay."
"When did you have sex last?" she asked.
"About two weeks ago," I answered.
She nodded and made a note on her clipboard.
The nurse came in later with my dinner.
"You're lucky, Miss Nelson. With a car wreck like that, you could have lost the baby."
"The baby?" I asked.
"Yes...but nope, he's a strong one, that baby. Well, he or she," the nurse laughed. "Congrats."
"You must be mistaken...I'm not pregnant," I said.
"You are Emma Nelson?" she asked.
"Yes," I said.
"Then you're pregnant."
"That can't be..."
"The results are right here," she showed me a piece of paper.
"Oh my God," I said. "I'm pregnant."
I looked up and saw Jay standing in the doorway.
It started raining, and it became hard to see. I squinted, trying to see. The road was nearly deserted except for a semi truck.
All of the sudden, headlights came racing toward me.
"You idiot, you're in my lane!" I said blowing my horn. They weren't slowing down. They were going to hit me. I swerved the car and crashed into the guardrail before I blacked out.
I blinked, opening my eyes. I was in a white room, laying in what felt like a hospital bed.
"Emma," Moms voice came from beside me as I felt her hand on my forehead. "Thank God you're all right,"
"What happened?" I asked. My throat was dry.
"Hang on, I'll go get the doctor," she said before rushing off.
A few seconds later a doctor came in. "Excuse me, Miss Nelson...I need a few moments with your daughter, if that's alright?"
"okay, Emma, there's a few questions I need to ask you," she said after Mom left.
I nodded. "Can I have something to drink?"
She handed me a bottle of water. "Now...do you know why you swerved off of the road?"
I tried to remember. "There was a car coming," I said.
She nodded. "Is there a chance you can be pregnant?"
I hung my head and said, "No...uh a few years ago I was raped. The doctor who examined me said that there was so much damage, that I wouldn't be able to have children."
"Oh, I'm sorry...I wouldn't have asked if I had known."
"It's okay."
"When did you have sex last?" she asked.
"About two weeks ago," I answered.
She nodded and made a note on her clipboard.
The nurse came in later with my dinner.
"You're lucky, Miss Nelson. With a car wreck like that, you could have lost the baby."
"The baby?" I asked.
"Yes...but nope, he's a strong one, that baby. Well, he or she," the nurse laughed. "Congrats."
"You must be mistaken...I'm not pregnant," I said.
"You are Emma Nelson?" she asked.
"Yes," I said.
"Then you're pregnant."
"That can't be..."
"The results are right here," she showed me a piece of paper.
"Oh my God," I said. "I'm pregnant."
I looked up and saw Jay standing in the doorway.