Athena I woke up in a white room that had a huge AK symbol on it. This is the symbol of a hospital my dad owns alongside a business partner. Why am I here? I felt pangs of pain rush into my head. Shoot! I felt so heavy, I couldn't move. "Thena, you are awake?" My mom called. She looked so pale and stressed. In all my 26-year life, I have never seen her like that. Her usual bright red lips had lost color. I tried to sit up when I noticed my huge bump and a sharp pain piercing my lower belly. I yelped at the unexpected pain. My mom pressed a button by the bed I was lying on to alert the doctor, and she rubbed my back to soothe my pain. "What is going on, Mom?" I resisted the urge to yell. "Why am I in pain? Do I have kwashiorkor, or is there a being in me?" "I will answer your questions right after your delivery, right now, Thena. I need to be strong and get through this." My mom patted my hair softly. The doctors and nurses flooded the room. The nurses arranged the instruments
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