CONCEIVED IN DARKNESS

Chapter 3 - The Aftermath

Doctors surrounded Adanna as one of them placed the defibrillator on her chest to revive her. 3...2...1. Clear... Again this time rubbing gel in between the equipment. 3...2..1... clear and there Adanna gasped back to life.

"She was this close to death" one of the doctors told her mum in camera. "She suffered internal injuries oh her leg from the fall and the trauma she went through added to it. Almost like her shutting down was intentional". He concluded.

Mrs Moses let out a deep sigh as they both walked back to her daughter's room.

Adanna opened her eyes to find a man in white overall standing and two women is similar fashion, then looked around gently as her eyes hurt badly. She saw drips connected to her body, her leg raised up a little bit. Then looked down at her self, she was wearing what seemed to her like a hospital robe. Her eyes were still a little dizzy as it was hard for her to actually focus on something, she just took little glimpses of her surrounding and managed to finally speak up.

"Where am I, what am I doing here" She managed to ask, before she started to fade away gradually just not before she saw the look of repugnance and hatred in her mum's eyes.

She had never seen her look like that before. She was almost certain that she was the cause at least from what happened last and that scared the hell out of her.

Six hours had passed or so the doctor told her, before she woke again and finally this time.

"can you hear me; can you see me?." The doctor asked waving his hands in the air.

Still slightly feeling tired, she nodded.

"Can you feel anything here" he asked again, this time touching her left leg and then the right.

"Yes. I feel pain!" she responded with a deep moan.

The doctor let out a deep sigh, one of relief and turned to her mum "she's getting better. The internal injuries she suffered in her leg wasn't so severe. Although, I need to observe her a little longer so she will be admitted."

Hearing what the doctor said to her mother was like a soothing relief to her soul. She wasn't ready to face her or even go back home. In fact was there a home? She asked herself rhetorically.

"Hmmm, thank you doctor." Her mum exhaled back as he was walking out. She wasn't exactly sure how she felt about the doctor's remarks.

Adanna watched the play of emotions on her mother's face. How can I face my mum? she wouldn't listen, she can't understand, only I saw what happened, only I saw her, her cold still body. But who will believe me? who will help explain to mama that I was just as terrified as she is right now, who will explain the dilemma and the rush of emotions I 'm feeling right now. Adanna thought.

"I am sorry mami, I would never have left Condolesa in that fire if she was alive. You know this mum. You know me". She told her mum in a shaky voice as she turned around the small hospital bed to face her.

"hush now dear, this is neither the time nor place for this" her mum said gently but sternly.

Adanna could hear the tons of erupting emotions under those 12 words her mum said. She had indirectly shut her up, so there was nothing left to say.

Therefore, she tried doing the one thing she could do to escape all those inner torments and then couldn't. She was too scared. She wanted to give in to the darkness that comes every night when one lies down. Adanna couldn't bring herself to shut her eyes. The thoughts of Condolesa dead and gone actually sleeping to oblivion was so tormenting that she was too scared to sleep, the one thing the doctors said she needed.