The Bratva's Fake Wife: A Surprise Pregnancy Mafia Romance by Bella King

Author:Bella King [King, Bella]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: After Midnight
Published: 2022-07-06T16:00:00+00:00

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RIVER

Today is the day that I’m supposed to check my progress with the doctor again, and I can’t wait to show him how many steps I can walk.

I wasn’t even supposed to be speaking full sentences at this point in my recovery, but here I am, able to do almost anything that a person without a traumatic brain injury can do. I would give anything for Adas to be here, seeing me take my first steps again after so long, but he can’t be here for everything. I know that in my heart, but it’s hard to accept at times like these.

Today, I’m being escorted to the doctor’s office to see a new doctor who is to take over my care during my recovery. She isn’t able to make house calls like the old man who had been in her place, but I’m more than a little bit excited to be out of the house again.

There’s nobody here to accompany me to the doctor’s office, which feels unsafe and nerve-racking for me. I know that part of walking again means I’ll have to be independent, but my nerves take over, and I begin to breathe rapidly right before I wheel myself up the ramp into the medical van.

“Are you alright? We’re not going very far. It should only be about twenty minutes,” the driver says in a helpful, sympathetic tone.

Twenty minutes by van means it could be more like an hour in a wheelchair. What if I get left behind? What if someone forgets about me? Adas isn’t here, and I’m sure he’d hate to have to come back and get me when he’s in the middle of an important mission.

Above all, I do wish he was here more than anything.

For the entire ride to the hospital, I stare out the window imagining myself running alongside the van. I’d give anything to be able to run like that, keeping up with the speed of a van without faltering. Maybe when I can walk fully again, that will be a goal of mine. I’ll never reach it, but I’ll keep chasing it.

Arriving at the hospital feels surreal. I know I’ve been here before; this is where I stayed for two weeks after the accident. I wasn’t awake for it, but I still feel it. Returning with all of my progress made feels bittersweet.

I take an elevator to the thirteenth floor after following at least ten signs leading me to the proper department. This place is so huge that I’m willing to bet that patients get lost all the time and miss their appointments.

When I reach the thirteenth floor, the neurology clinic, I can’t help but gaze over the view of the water from this high up. I have weird flashbacks, almost like déjà vu, as I look out at the water.

Was I here before?

Have I ever seen the water like this?

I wheel myself over to the registration desk, feeling self-conscious about how short my chair makes me. Now that I’ve stood

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