He gave a slight nod and turned to Josef.
“You say your girlfriend fel down the stairs”
Josef nodded and a look of sadness befell his handsome features. He was a great actor.
“Yes, I found her laying on the floor when I got back home. Is our baby alright?”
My breath caught in my throat.
The doctor looked at me, it was obvious that he was disturbed.
“No, the fetus is fine. She doesn’t have any issues with her body, just the side of her head”
“Fine. That’s great, so I’ve paid the bills, I can take my girlfriend home now, right?”
“No sir, she needs to rest ”
“Are there any complications ”
“She is really lucky to have survived that fall, as you can see we tried all we could go revive her. You can’t just take her home under zero supervision ”
Josef shifted in his seat, he turned to look at me and I tried to hide my fear.
“Once in a while the nurse will check up on you” the doctor said to me.
I wanted to call him back, to send him a secret message. He knew me and Christian he was the one that gave the no sex advice. I could lift my head from the pillow, talk more of escaping.
The doctor was out of the room in a heartbeat.
“Water” I told Josef.
He turned to me and smiled.
“This is the first thing you’re asking from me”
Just get me the bloody cup.
He stood up and left the room, I propped myself on my elbows. It was as if my head was screwed to my neck with bolts and it felt as if someone had nailed the right side of my head with a Hammer.
Moving my legs were easy but I didn’t have any balance. Josef entered the room when I was fully on my feet. He eyed me suspiciously.
“We’re you trying to escape?”
“Only prisoners want to escape, I’m not a prisoner, am I?”
He didn’t answer me, he just stretched the bottle towards me.
I opened the lid and drank from it.
“I was going to the bathroom” my voice was more better, still throaty but it had improved. Alongside so many other things.
“Wait, What’s the time?”
I just woke up and assumed it was still evening.
“It’s three pm” he said, I had been asleep for hours..”I’ll show you the bathroom.
The bathroom was located in the same hallway. I went inside and he followed me.
“It’s the ladies room ” I told him.
“I know, but I’m not risking it”
I went to the toilet and he stood at the door.
“I can’t pee while someone is watching me, Christ just give me a fucking second ”
He laughed.
“When I heard you cuss, I used to want you to talk to me like that too”
I was disgusted by him and I was angry that I had fulfilled one of his fantasies. What else would he what me to do, does he have a to do list?
“Please, just give me privacy”
He nodded and shifted to the side, I couldn’t see him but I could feel his presence.
I finished and stood up, when I reached the door he was already walking towards me. He tried to take my hand and I recoiled from his touch, it threw me off balance and missed my step.
He caught me before I hit the ground. I steadied myself and carefully walked back to the room where the nurse was waiting for us.
“I’m Zara, I came to check on you” the woman said.
I smiled at her and at at the edge of the bed.
“Do you want your boyfriend to be here while we discuss?” She asked me.
“No” I said and she turned to Josef.
He gave me a look that told me he was going to hurt me and he turned to the nurse.
“Please, she hit her head. I think she’s a little bit kuku. I don’t think she has fully recovered yet.
“I’m sorry, but we respect our patient’s privacy”
“She wants me here” he said in a low menacing voice, his face was devoid of laughter.
The nurse got scared and turned to me.
She was holding a clipboard and a yellow file.
“Here is your brain scan” she pulled it out of her file and handed it to me and then handed one to Josef.
As he was busy staring at it, she scribbled something in her note board and held it flat on her belly, facing it in my direction.
“Is he hurting you?” She asked had written down.
I read Ita Nd nodded.
“Here, I don’t see anything wrong ” Josef said handling back the MRI to her.
She took it and stuffed it back into the envelope.
“Do you feel pain in your entire body or a particular spot”
“My entire body, but my head is pounding with every heart beat ” I told her
She nodded and started writing on her note.
“I’m making observations miss, please keep talking”
The back of my neck feels very sore and my head feels to heavy, I can barely hold it up”
She turned the clipboard to me again.
I read it.
“I’ll call the police. Do you have any family member you would like contact?”
I almost bursted out in tears.
“How about your limbs, can you use them, do you feel joint ache?” The nurse asked me softly.
I shook my head, forgetting the pain I had and I winced as the sharpness burnt through me.
“My legs are shaky and fingers…”
“Miss, hold this pen and try to write something, write down the sky is blue”
I nodded and scribbled down Christian, s number.
“Semi bad. I’ll be back with something to help” she said and she left.
I bursted out in tears and laid down on the bed.
“It’s going to be alright Jenna. We’re going to be happy, together”
He stroked my legs and started massaging my foot. I kicked his hands away.
“I can be better than him, I can be exactly like the man you want”