Day 45: Intercom, Noon
The voices of the chattering patients in the library, which was not as quiet as should have been expected, were cut off by the intercom clicking on and Nurse Lydia's voice coming out in its familiar indifferent manner. It was almost as if she and the Head Doctor were splitting up the announcement duties these days
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But it was too quiet.
Instantly, Bella’s eyes snapped open.
For a moment, she thought maybe she was seeing things, or that her eyes were unfocused. Reaching up her hands, she rubbed her eyes with her palms and blinked once, twice, three times before giving the room a second glance. Sadly, the view she saw didn’t change.
What? Instantly she was tense, her heart beating wildly. Where was she? How did she get to be in such a random place? And, upon looking down, caused yet another question to enter her already confusion ridden mind - who had changed her clothes? And where had all of her other clothes gone?
For a moment, her eyes lingered on her left hand, noting that nothing was sitting on any of her fingers.
Of course, she told herself, They took my clothes too … who took them?
Bella clutched tightly onto the scratchy sheets, a sudden, terrifying realization hitting her. The Volturi had seen her - still human - back in the clearing … and they had promised to come back and check on her …
Had they kidnapped her because they were too late?
She didn’t have time to finish that thought, because suddenly the door in front of her opened, and in walked a … nurse? Bella froze, confusion coloring her face. Where the hell was she that had a nurse? Was she in some kind of secret Volturi hideaway? … But if so, then why would there be nurses around if she was going to die anyway?
… Unless it was all a trap -
“Good morning, Kate!” the nurse said, smiling a little too cheerfully for Bella. Frowning, she opened her mouth to speak, but was instantly silenced when the nurse continued speaking. “You’re missing breakfast, you know! You slept straight through the night - fancy that! I suppose those sleeping pills worked like a charm for you, huh?”
Bella continued to stare, her mouth agape as she tried to process exactly what the nurse was talking about. “Hold on,” she said, lifting a single hand, “Kate? My name is not Kate. I mean I’ve been called nicknames before but Kate doesn’t even rhyme with Isabella, so-”
“Oh, Kate,” the nurse said, giving her a small smile before she moved over towards the bed. To her surprise, the nurse sat down on the edge of the bed and smiled towards her … a pity smile. “Don’t you remember? You’re in Landel’s - your father and mother put you in here after the tragic event you went through.”
“Tragic event?” Bella parroted, frowning. “What are you talking about?”
The nurse smiled and patted the blanket over her leg. “No matter, darling. We can talk about that later. For now, we might as well get you something to eat, hm? You’re so pale and small - we can’t get you sick, now can we? Come on, it’s tacos this morning, a special treat!”
Bella continued to frown, her legs unwilling to move from the bed. “I don’t understand what’s going on.”
The nurse reached the door and opened it, turning back towards Bella with a smile. “Everything shall be explained soon, Kate. Now come on and let’s go get you some lunch.”
There was no pushing it, Bella could tell. She could see outside the door a strong looking male nurse walk past … and she knew she couldn’t force it. “Alright,” she said, sliding off of the bed and towards the smiling nurse, following after her with one last fearful look into her room.
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