Chapter 87 Light-headed

• Ella:
• I got up with a start, screaming for help, someone save me from Joe! I was screaming but no-one could hear me. I was hyperventilating and my heart was still pounding hard against the rib-cage. It took me a moment after looking at the medical tag on my hand to realize that I was lying on a huge hospital bed and dreaming. Scanning around, it barely seemed like a hospital to me, what with ebony furniture and vases of colorful Amaryllis and Anthurium.
• I was perspiring and for some reason, my head felt really heavy. I touched my forehead to find it wrapped in bandages. As I was trying to run away, Joe had hurled me backward and I lost my balance thereby smacking my head against the marbled washbasin. Never in my wildest dreams did I ever think Joe would even try to harm me. I recalled someone was trying to break the door open...In a trice my breath quickened...my throat seemed to be parched...