Chapter 18

Paris's eyes were slowly open to a warm touch against her forehead. She saw it was Everlee wiping her forehead with a damp piece of white clothing.

"Are you okay?" Everlee inquired concerned.

"I'm okay now," Paris answered.

Paris tried to sit up.

"Please lay for a little while before getting up," Everlee told her.

The bedroom door opened, and Paris saw her mom and the family doctor, Dr. Douglas entering her room.

"Mom, you didn't have to call the doctor, I was just tired, and I didn't eat lunch nor breakfast this morning that's why I fainted," Paris told Mrs. Poppy.

"Let the doctor check to see if that's truly the cause," retorted Mrs. Poppy more interested in what the doctor as to say.

Paris and Mrs. Poppy left the room giving the doctor space to do his work.

"Are you feeling any pain?" Dr. Douglas inquired Paris as he opened his small black bag.

"I'm feeling a bit of pain in my chest now," she told him.

He checked her heartbeat not once but twice.

"Your heart is beating v