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CHAPTER THIRTY

Author: Treyl
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JOANA'S POV

*TWO DAYS LATER *

The sounds.

My head kept buzzing.

I flickered my eyes open, but all I could see were white lights.

Was I already dead?!

The white light became clearer as I saw the ceiling; I turned to the side, seeing a lady in white attending to the machine that made the sound.

“Where am I?”

I groggily said, my body ached, and the words that came out of my mouth were barely audible.

Finally, the nurse turned to me, her eyes widened, rushing out of the room, leaving me in dead confusion.

The nurse came back with a doctor and Caleb.

Seems I was not dead after all.

The doctor flashed a light into my eyes, not too bright but not too low; I noticed Caleb's tense body. He was having a tough time trying to stay cool.

“I am going to ask a few questions to confirm something, my dear,” the doctor said in a very calm tone.

I nodded slowly.

“What is your name?”

“Joana Henshaw,”

“Who is this young man next to me?”

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