Chapter 5

• My eyes blinked twice or trice because of a bright light in the room, I guess, and I am wondering where I am.
• “She's awake." I heard someone say, and when I turned my head to the direction of the voice I saw a lady standing beside me.
• “Are you okay?” the lady said bending her head over me a little.
• I looked around the place, trying to figure out where I am, I am lying on a bed, and when I tried to sit up, the lady gestured for me not to sit up, moving her head sideways showing a sign off disapproval.
• “Lie down please.” The lady said, holding my shoulders so that I will not sit up, when I ignored her gesture not to sit up.
• Suddenly a door opened, which made me and the lady to look towards the door, almost immediately.
• I saw a man and a lady who walked into the room and from their outfit, I could tell that the man is a doctor and the lady is probably a nurse.
• “Hello Miss, I am Doctor Ken, this lady said she knocked you down on the road.” The doctor said pointing at the lady who stopped me from sitting up earlier, after he had done a quick check on me.
• I just looked from the doctor to the lady, and then around the room, without saying anything.
• “Can you tell us your name please or anybody we can contact to inform them of where you are, this lady said she found nothing on you that can tell us who you are.” the doctor said again and I just shot my eyes instead of replying to his question because I have just recalled what had happened to me few hours ago.
• “Excuse me miss?” I heard the doctor ask when I still did not respond, rather I turned my face away from them and looked the other way.
• “I think we are going to let her be for now, please watch over her, we need to conduct a test on her to make sure she is not suffering from memory lose.” I heard the doctor say to the nurse and the next thing I heard was his foot steps when he probably wants to leave the room.
• “Kimberly, Kimberly Brown.” I said, turning to face the doctor who stopped and turned to look at me as well, together with the nurse and the lady who presumably brought me here.
• “I am okay, I did not lose my memory, I just had a bad moment.” I told the doctor when he walked back to my bedside.
• I remember everything and how I had ran into the middle of the road without realizing it, that is why I am here.
• “Okay, so do you have anyone we can contact?” the doctor asked looking directly into my eyes.
• “Yes, how long have I been here?” I asked trying to sit up again, but the doctor stopped me, gesturing for me to lie down.
• “You were brought here around 11:15 pm yesterday, and the time is 5:10 pm, so you have been out for approximately 18 hours plus.” The doctor replied, rather calmly to me.
• 18 hours, that's a long time I guess, coupled with the time I was kidnapped, my mum must be going crazy right now, I'm sure of it.
• “Can you give us the contact of the person you want us to call?” the doctor asked again.
• “Yes, my mum.” I replied. The doctor gestured to the nurse, who came with a pen and a book, I called my mum’s phone number for her and she took it down, the nurse left immediately afterwards.
• “Why am I still here doctor?” I asked the doctor because I am feeling alright and I want to go home already.
• “You're just waking up dear, you've been out for quite a number of hours and you need to rest for a while, also I need to be sure that you are okay before letting you go.” The doctor explained, as he examined my body again.
• “I feel fine doctor, I can go home by myself, there's no need to wait for my mum.” I told the doctor.
• “It’s just procedure, don't worry dear, you'll be out of here in no time.” The doctor replied with a smile on his face, still examining my body.
• I looked at him as if he is smiling to the wrong person, I wonder why doctors and nurses smile to their patients, even when they are in critical conditions, I’ve seen that a lot in the movies and even the times I have gone to visit a hospital when am sick, I think it is absurd though.
• Few minutes later, my mum walked into the ward together with Vicky, looking so agitated, I could see the worry in their faces.
• “Mum.” I called.
• “Kim, are you okay dear?” My mum asked when she walked to my bed, looking at me all over.
• “Yes mum.” I replied, looking from my mum to Vicky who is also all over me, checking me out.
• “Is she okay doctor? Where did you find her?” My mum asked turning to the doctor, who walked her aside.
• I could hear her talking to the doctor and the lady whom I presume brought me here, only I couldn't tell what they talked about, I guess it's about my health condition and how they found me.
• “What happened to you Kim? How did you end up in a hospital?” Vicky asked in a low tone, more like a whisper, the tone of her voice and eyes filled with worry.
• “I managed to escape Vicky, that's how I got here, I didn't realize that I am in the middle of the road neither did I see the car until it was too late.” I whispered back to Vicky.
• “Are you hurt? Do you feel any pain?” Vicky asked again, her eyes sparkled with curiosity and concern.
• “I’m okay, I feel fine, and I should have been home by now if not for this hospital's silly procedures.” I said making a funny face to Vicky, in other to remove those worries from her face.
• “Thank goodness you're okay, you’re even making that funny face of yours.” Vicky said, smiling a little from the corner of her lips, the worry disappearing from her face.
• “I hope she's fine now, and I can take her home.” I heard my mum say to the doctor when they walked back close to me.
• “Sure, she is good to go Mrs. Brown, you don't need to worry about anything.” The doctor replied mum.
• “Did mum worry too much?” I asked Vicky, my eye still fixed on my mum, seeing how she looked from the doctor to me.
• “Yeah sure, she was worried sick, we reported your kidnap to the police and they asked us to go home and wait for them to bring us news, but your mum couldn't stay still, even I couldn't stay still, we searched for you ourselves till it became dark, she didn't even blink an eye last night, it's a good thing we found you Kim, I wonder what would have happened to your mum.” Vicky said, as tears gathered in her eyes.
• I could see that she was very scared herself, I couldn't hold back the joy I feel inside for having a friend as caring as she, it seemed she did not go home herself but stayed with my mum instead.
• “Thank you very much Vicky, for caring about me so much and for staying with my mum.” I said giving her a hug.
• “You don't have to thank me, silly, I blame myself for what happened to you, if I hadn't encouraged you to join that contest, maybe they wouldn't have kidnapped you in the first place because you would have been among the crowd.” Vicky said.
• I could see that she really blame herself from the look in her face, how am I supposed to make her understand that she is not the reason for my kidnap, that I has kidnapped for some other reason.
• Thinking of it now, I realized the reason behind the kidnap, that fool whatever his name is, had sent some men to kidnap me, and had ruin my glorious day for his own selfish reason, that should explain why I ended up in that hotel room instead of being held hostage in some miserable places.
• I wonder what Vicky or my mum would do if they where to find out what really happened to me, looking at them now I guess it’s better not to let them know about my being rapped.
• I should think of something else to tell them, I don't have to trouble them with this I guess.
• “Kim dear, are you okay to go home?” My mum asked when she walked back to me followed by the doctor and the lady who brought me here.
• “Yes mum, I’m good to go, I feel fine.” I replied seeing how worried she looked, I know she is asking me how I feel in other to make sure I am okay before leaving the hospital.
• “Okay.” Mum said to me, and then turned to face the doctor again.
• After signing some papers and thanking the doctor and the lady who brought me to the hospital, my mum came back to where I am seated with Vicky.
• “Shall we?” she asked and we got up and walked out of the hospital...