Chapter 24

It was already light out when Megan woke up again. The morning sun shone through the window, painting the room with its pale golden rays. "Meg, you're awake!" Selena exclaimed. Megan was still a little dazed, but when she laid eyes on Selena and Jimmy, who were wearing matching worried expressions, her entire body was assaulted by unbearable pain. She also remembered everything that had happened that led her to this moment. "I…" The rest of her words got stuck in her throat. An ominous feeling roiled in her chest when she registered the pain coursing through her body and remembered the bright red blood she had seen right before she lost consciousness. "Meg…" Selena carefully helped Megan up into a sitting position. Her voice was colored with despair when she murmured, "The baby's gone." Megan opened her mouth, wanting to say something, but in the end, she could only numbly close it again. She was silent for a short while before she finally lowered her head and hummed in acknowled