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My eyelids flickered. I tried to open my eyes but winced when I was greeted by a blinding light. I tried to do it again, slowly, but everything was still too blurry.
I could barely make out anything.
After a while, my vision gradually got better. I was staring at a white ceiling and then a room.
I was in the hospital.
Something moved beside the bed, and when I tried to turn my head, a sudden pain struck it, making me wince in pain.
"Are you alright?" It was Morgan's voice.
Carefully, I turned to my side and found Morgan looking at me with concern. Confusion engulfed me.
What happened? What am I doing here? Why am I in a hospital?
"Morgan?" I whispered, my voice sounding weak and hoarse. "What is happening?"
Morgan took my hand in hers, caressing it. It had been such a long time since she showed me this kind of affection, and hope filled my heart.
"Why am I in a hospital?"
Morgan stared at me like she was trying to read me. "What's the last thing that you remember?"
I frowned, trying to sit up, but again, my head pulsed with sharp pain. This time, I groaned.
"Oh, God. Something is seriously wrong with my head." I touched it with my shaking hand. "Why am I lying here?"
Morgan still stared at me without blinking, and then something crossed my mind. I cursed.
"I'm doomed," I said in horror. "I must have skipped the last week of my exams."
Panic began to fill my insides.
I couldn't imagine if I'd failed high school because of that. Would I be required to repeat another year?
Now, amazement skated all over Morgan's face.
"Cassie, you've passed all of your exams." Her eyes were twinkling with something that I didn't understand.
My brows furrowed. That was a good thing, but I didn't remember that fact. Chills suddenly ran through my body, and I began to think about what might have happened to me with dread.
Before I could ask her another question, Morgan burst into tears.
I hadn’t seen her cry since the day Dad died, so this sight startled me.
Morgan tightened her hold on my hand, wiping her tears away. "Cassie, you had an accident. In New York."
My mouth dropped open. "New York?" I echoed. "How come? Are we—"
"Yes, we're in New York now." Morgan nodded.
This was very absurd. Why were we in New York?
Morgan seemed to read my mind.
"We were having a little vacation here," she said. "I knew that it was late to celebrate your graduation. It's autumn, the year after. But I still wanted us to take a holiday. You deserved it."
