Schasm (Schasm Series) by Shari J. Ryan

Author:Shari J. Ryan [Ryan, Shari J.]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Booktrope
Published: 2014-01-20T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

COLD ADJUSTMENTS

IT COULD HAVE BEEN MINUTES or even days that I’ve been here. I’m slowly starting to feel things again…everything all at once. An overwhelming rush of sadness, anger and loneliness brings tears that I don’t think will stop anytime soon.

Suddenly, I’m scared.

Nurse Charlie appears for the first time since I woke up from my coma. “How are you doing, Chloe?” she asks. She seems nice, but I don’t want it from her.

“Take these restraints off," I yell. "They hurt." I try to wriggle my wrists free, but I can't move at all.

“Sure, I can unlatch these. But you need to promise me you won’t try to pull the needle out of your arm again.” Her voice is calm and sweet.

I feel myself calm down a bit too. “I didn’t try to pull anything out. I was just trying to get comfortable. My hands were already clamped down, right?”

She slowly nods, pulls the restraints off and pushes the button on the side of the bed to help me sit up. “I understand why you wouldn’t want to be kept in the bed, but we still need to monitor you,” she says. She begins switching out the bag on my IV. “We need to make sure that you don’t hurt yourself. You could hit your head and fall back into a coma.” She throws the old empty bag into the trash and peels her gloves off. “We’re just going to monitor you for a little while longer—a day, maybe. If it looks like everything is okay, we’ll remove the wires.

I look at the IV. “And that?”

“We’ll continue the medication orally.”

“I’d rather not be on any medication at all though,” I counter.

“But that’s why we’re here, hon. We’ll work with you every day, so eventually you won’t need the medication anymore. That’s the goal.” Her voice is full of encouragement.

I have a different goal in mind.

“I’ll settle for having these needles out of my arm, then.”

“Tomorrow, Chloe. Like I just said.” Her tone is suddenly stern.

I’m well aware of what arguing with anyone inside of these walls will do, so I let it go.

“Dinner will be here in about a half an hour. I’ll be back to check on you soon after that.” Charlie leaves, and I’m alone again.

I wonder what Alex is doing right now, and Celia. They must be worried sick about me. I would do anything to see both of them again.

My door creaks open, and a young man in his early twenties rolls in a cart with three trays on it. He drags my rollaway table out from underneath the TV and pulls it over to sit right above my lap. He lays the tray on the table. Dinner is a slice of burned meat, sweet potatoes, and peas. “Just like home,” I tell him. He doesn’t respond.

I hardly eat any of it. I just lay and watch the TV spew useless game shows at me.

I want to drift. I want to go back to Alex. But now is not the time.

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