Chapter 222 Ms. Shelton, Can You Give Me Back My Brother?

There was still no response. The hospital didn't feel like it had anyone else in it. Elaine braced one hand against the bed, trying to sit up, when she felt a sting on the back of her hand. She looked down and realized there was still a needle inserted, an IV dripping into her vein. The IV bag hanging on the stand above her head was nearly empty. She thought back to the moment she had just woken up and remembered that it was the sound of an alarm clock that had jolted her awake. Someone had set that alarm, timed so that it would ring when the IV was almost finished, and that person, without a doubt, had already left. She strained to turn her head and saw a phone on the nightstand. It was the same phone that had just sounded the alarm. It was Marcus' phone. Fear crept through her. In her current state, she couldn't get out of bed. It seemed like after Marcus had set the alarm on his phone, he had left. When she regained consciousness around noon, she had still seen one or two scat