Black Lily Petals

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  I was almost sure I was dreaming, but you cannot feel pain in dreams so I knew I was awake. I felt a crack in my neck and I let out a big sigh of agony.

  “Oh we’re just so happy the baby is okay and we ran the test…” said a nurse.

  Baby?

  “Thank God,” Jason said. “I got worried when I saw her bleeding like that.”

  As hard as I tried, I could not open my eyes. I just stayed silent and listened in on the conversation. And with any movement, I felt like I would fall apart.

  “We ran the test you asked for. The results were positive,” whispered a nurse. “Here’s the prescription Dr. Summings had for Lily.”

  “…And the baby is okay?”

  What baby?

  “Yes, it is one hundred percent okay.”

  “Okay, well, thanks,” Jason said in monotone.

  “Okay, I’ll leave you alone. She should be up at anytime now.”

  I felt a warm hand brush my forehead and the touch of it was like fire to my skin. I opened my eyes a little bit to see who it was.

  “Baby?” Paul said. “Are you okay?”

  “Huh,” was all I could get out.

  “Just go to sleep,” Paul said as he closed my eyelids.

  “Um okay,” I whispered and fell back to sleep.