Chapter Forty-Two

“Don’t pull her hair, you’ll hurt her.” I hear a male voice saying in a scolding tone.

God, why did my head feel like it’d been tap danced on by an elephant? My ribs didn’t hurt nearly as bad as last I’d been conscious, but they certainly didn’t feel great. My eyesf elt heavy and resisant to openng.

“Mama.” My eyes start moving finally once I hear a familiar child’s voice in my face.

“Ella?” I moan as I finally open my eyes and can see her pretty round face right in mine. I ignore the screaming pain in my body and the protests of Sebastain and another voice to not sit up, and I grab my daughter and wrap my arms tightly around her. I pull her against my chest and hug her, burying my face in the top of her head and inhaling her sweet smell. For just a second I almost forgot about how it felt like my entire body had been steamed rolled over.

“Mama!” She says with a happy smile, her chubby arms wrapping around my neck.

“Hi baby.” I glance up at where Sebastain is sitting at the end o