Chapter ten

"We really need to stop meeting like this sweetie", a faint voice echoed as Marianne was coming to.

Disoriented, Marianne held her aching head and started to look around the room with squinted eyes for her daughter. But she wasn't in the room with her, she put her head back down and asked, "where's my baby?"

Marianne asked with a horse voice and swallowed to wet her desert throat hoping they didn't give her bad news.

"She's okay, you're lucky those people called for paramedics fast. Any later and you both would've been dead by now", nurse Lucy replied.

She checked Marianne's stability and did the usual mental test of 'what's your name?' and 'torch in the eyes'.

Marianne could not just lay back not knowing where her daughter was and how she was doing. She attempted to get up with one hand but Lucy would not let her and she started to resist, after all all mothers would do the same until they knew their child was safe and sound.

"I'll take you