Among the Stars (Shidge AU) [Book 2]

Chapter Thirty-Five

"Is that your final answer?" The angel asked.

She nodded her head. "Yes. It is."

"If that's it then I must warn you when things get hard, and they will, lean to those you trust, but don't trust everything you hear, touch, or see." The angel warned her. The angel stood up as she motioned her to stand and well. She did. "Now before I send you off to Earth, you may asked me one question. Anything you desire to know."

She thought about it. She could ask anything so what would it be? She looked up at the angel. She had so many questions, which one should she ask? She made up her mind as she asked, "Is my name Hannah? I remember someone calling me that, but it didn't feel right."

"No, my child. It is not." The angel answered.

"Then what is it?" She asked eager.

"I said I would answer one question. You'll have to find that out on your own." She told her. "Goodbye, my child." She told her as she kissed her forehead. That's when everything went black.

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At the request of Timothy, after three months of searching, the Katie Holt case was close. Hailey was absolutely furious. She had spend so much time searching for this little girl, she didn't want to give up.

Sadly, if she didn't work on the other cases, she would be fired. She had no time to work on the Katie Holt case anymore. Slowly, she started to give up hope as well as she felt like she failed the little girl. It ate her up inside.

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As months passed, it started to get harder and harder for Lindsey and Garret to support Hannah. You can only go so far before the money runs out.

And upon that, the due date for their second child was approaching. Having a child was expensive. They couldn't spend the money on Hannah anymore, especially sense the doctors told them she showed no signs of waking up soon.

Today was May 20th, as Lindsey found her self in her's and Garret's room alone... crying. Garret was at work and James was at day care.

They had spent so much effort, time, and money into Hannah that she started to love the little girl as if she was her child, but she wasn't waking up and they had little money left. She didn't want to pull the plug on the girl, but it was their last option.

She pulled her knees close to her chest as she sat on the bed. Hot tears rolled down her face as she was an emotional mess. To her, this felt like murder.

But it's what she had to do...

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She hated the darkness, but this time she felt stiff. Why was she stiff? She then started to see light as it was seeping through her eye lids. She groaned as she slowly opened her eyes. Why was she in pain? Her arms, chest, and legs ached. When she opened her eyes, at first the amount of light blinded her sight, but it slowly faded as she found herself in a white room with a window.

She heard beeping. Over and over again. When she looked down at herself, she found herself in a white bed with plastic railing. She saw that she had this blue gown on and that a tube ran to her arm as it was pumping something in her. She saw that cords ran under her dress to her chest.

"Oh my..." She heard someone gasp. She looked over to where she heard the sound come from as she saw a woman. She was fairly tall with long blonde hair. She looked at her as she walked to this phone at the wall. She then dailed something as she said, "Hello, this is Kelly Newman. Hannah Doe from room 225 has woken up from her coma."

"...what?" She groaned as she blinked.

The woman set down the phone as she walked to her. "Good morning, Hannah. Everything is fine."

She looked at her as she said, "My name isn't Hannah..."

The woman rose a brow. "Then what is it?"

"I don't know..." She replied. "Where am I?" She asked.

"You're at the hospital, Hannah." She replied.

"My name isn't Hannah..." She repeated. "And who are you?"

"I'm your nurse." The woman told her.

"How did I get here?" She asked as she tried to sit up, but immediately felt pain run throughout her body, as she yelped in pain.

"Take it easy, Hannah." The nurse replied as she gently laid her back down on the bed.

"My name isn't Hannah." She insisted.

"Yes, it is. You're just delirious." The nurse replied.

"It's not. The angel told me so." She replied.

The nurse gave her an assuring smile. "Sure she did. Now the doctor is comming soon to make sure you are okay."

"I don't want the doctor." She replied in a slight whine. "I want my mom! I know I have one!"

"What's her name?" She asked.

"I don't know... the angel just told me I have one. I forgot to ask her what her name was..." She explained.

"We don't know who your mom is so we can't get you her." The nurse replied.

"I want my mom..." She insisted as a tear fell from her face. "Please?"

"Oh don't cry." The nurse grabbed her hand assuringly. "We'll find her eventually, just not now."

"But I want her now..." She insisted. "I want my family! I know I have one!"

"Did the angel tell you?" The nurse asked.

She nodded. "Yes."

That's when she had a flash back. She was in a bed room as she was at a desk working on a laptop. Then she heard the door open as she looked at the door. She saw a tall man with light brown hair and a sprinkle of white hair here and there. He was wearing glasses as he smiled. "Hello Katie!"

"Dad!" She smiled as she ran into his arms.

"Katie!" She exclaimed. "It's Katie!"

The nurse looked at her funny. "What's Katie?" She asked gently.

"My name!" She told her confidently. "My name is Katie!"

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~KanGian