Awaken

By Vanessa Davila-Reid

Alexis has been having some unexplained health issues. After she wakes up in the hospital, she doesn't recognize anyone. After some time, the answers are slowly revealed to her, and everything is explained.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lulu.com
• Release date: May 2, 2014
• ISBN: 9781312160033

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Awaken

Awaken

By: Vanessa Davila-Reid

Chapter 1

The first night I struggled. I cried. I played the events of my life over and over again in my head. I wasn’t going to budge. Only I knew the truth, and nobody was going to convince me otherwise. There had to be a way to make them see the truth too, but I didn’t know where the truth was or where to look for it. Lost and nowhere to turn I had nobody left to talk to because they had vanished. This place allowed plenty of time for me to discover what happened. Everyone was against me and I had to get them on my side. These thoughts were in my head day and night and there was a constant pull between my thoughts and the words of others. Maybe they would listen, or maybe I would spend the rest of my life here.

The first morning I sat in the corner on the floor in the large communal room. My toes were curled inward while my knees were bent closely to my chest. I clutched my book with both hands; it contained all my contemplations. I watched, through the slits in my hair, everyone.

After some time, one of the staff members came to take me to visit with one of the doctors. Guided by my elbow, I walked; one slow step at a time, the sole of my foot faced behind me while my toenails rubbed on the tiled floor.

Unknowingly, I arrived at the doctor’s office and I was directed to sit on a chair. When I was sitting there, staring at the blank walls, it occurred to me that the consequences of my situation are never-ending. The bewilderment of the events in my life remains unsolved and will probably stay that way.

The only way I was going to get out of here depended upon the doctors’ imagination of the probable. My whole life, that of which I have actually lived, I worked so hard to succeed; yet, nothing resulted from my efforts. This place isn’t where I belong and I am certain of that. Unlike the others, I refused to be lost forever in the reflection of uncertainty.

As I sat in the waiting room in deliberation, I was interrupted by a voice.

Alexis Mclean. The doctor is ready to see you now.

My gazed moved from the floor to a woman standing in a doorway.

Come on sweetheart. You can follow me.

At the sound of her words, I got up. As I walked, my steps were dependent on the directional steps taken by the woman. She stopped and so I also stopped. My stare went upward until it reached her face. She smiled and pointed to a door.

Here we are Alexis, you will be in room eight today. Go ahead and have a seat on that couch. The doctor will be with you shortly. Do you have any questions for me, the woman asked.

I shook my head slowly to right and then to the left.

Okay, go ahead inside and make yourself comfortable, the woman added.

I walked with cautious footsteps in the direction of the couch. My feet brushed against the rough fibers that were the floor. When I reached the couch, I observed the imprints of many other people who have sat there before me. By sitting down, I knew that my stamp would join the other impressions that were interlocking, and soon nobody would be able to tell the difference among us. I sat, and I waited with my hands folded in my lap and my feet placed evenly on the surface. After about two minutes, the wooden door creaked opened slowly and in walked a tall, slender woman. She wore a