Somebody Else

Chapter 27

I woke up feeling as if a truck had passed over my body. Everything hurt, from my eyes to the tips of my toes. That is good, no? At least I can feel the pain.

I opened my eyes slowly and when I did I saw everything black.

"Oh no" I said in my mind.

I started to get nervous, I wanted to talk but my throat hurt too much. I felt someone take my hand and I squeezed it gently. Nothing. I squeezed it a few more times until I felt movement.

"Alex, you woke up" Scarlett said and I could hear her voice cracking.

"I'll go get a doctor" I heard Anna say.

God, how I missed her stupid voice.

"Honey, can you hear me?" Scarlett asked softly placing her hands on my cheeks and I nodded "Excellent, baby"

I started moving my head around trying to get my vision back. I know, stupid.

"M-My eyes" I tried to say.

"Drink some water" Scarlett said and I felt like she put a straw in my mouth. I drank the water and as quickly as I did, I started to cough "Slow, baby"

"My eyes" I said again "I don't see anything"

"It's because you have a blindfold, honey" She said taking my hand to bring it up to my eyes.

"Fucking god" I said letting out a sigh.

I started to feel like all my emotions hit me, which made me start crying.

"Easy, my love" Scarlett said kissing my cheek "You're safe now"

"Sorry for not coming to your apartment" I said between sobs.

"Alex, honey" She said softly "You don't have to apologize for anything. What matters is that you are here"

"Miss Marchetti, I see you're already awake" A male voice said "I'm Dr. Greyman. How do you feel?"

"I feel like I got hit by a truck and the fact that I have a blindfold on doesn't help much" I said looking to where I thought he was.

"From one to ten, how much is the pain?" He asked again.

"Nine" I answered sighing.

"I'll have a nurse come and give you something for the pain" Dr. Greyman said "Anywhere in particular where you have pain?"

"My right hand hurts a lot, I can't move my fingers" I said giving him the information he had asked for "My torso hurts, my stomach, my thigh, I can't feel my left knee and my eyes burn a little"

"That's completely normal" He said and I felt him pat my right foot "Your torso, stomach and thigh will heal normally, you have stitches in your thigh and stomach from the bullet wounds. Fortunately the bullets entered and exited without doing any serious damage" He continued saying and I listened carefully "You also have stitches in a cut that you have over your left eye that goes from your eyebrow to your cheekbone" He said suddenly and I sighed "Your eyes are bandaged because you spent some time in a sandy area of ​​the city and your eyes filled with that sand causing an infection, but that will heal soon, you have some fractured ribs and well your hand and knee..." He paused for a moment.

"Just say it, Doc" I said nervously.

"Alex, your hand was badly damaged. Two of your fingers were almost severed and your knee was completely broken" He said in a sad tone.

"Did you cut my fingers?" I asked and felt how my bile began to rise through my esophagus.

"No, we managed to save them but you will have to do many exercises so that their mobility is at 100%" He said in response to my question "And your knee is a little more complicated. You had an open fracture and it was quite infected when they brought you to the hospital. Your knee was broken in three places, Alex" He said and at that moment I had to ask for help.