"Welcome back to the land of the living, Ms. Petra," chuckled Natsumi, as Annette awoke in her bed, to find that she was hooked up to an IV drip.
"What happened?" asked Annette, looking around confused.
"It's better that you try and remember, instead of me telling you," said Natsumi.
"Wait, how long have I been out? What's today's date? I was supposed to go to Mikaela's birthday, and... oh yeah. I remember now. My brute of an ex-husband beat and threatened me to stay away! Me! I'm Mikaela's mother!" said Annette, starting to twitch.
"OK, ok, calm down. Shh, calm down. Breathe," said Natsumi, pushing Annete back onto the bed, and holding her hands.
Annette, calmed down with deep shuddering breaths.
