C H A P T E R 3

Annabelle's POV:

Waking up to bright lights and the sound of a monitor to my left caused serious confusion to set itself on my mind, not to mention the beautiful woman laying on the bed to my right. My head felt extremely fuzzy and heavy causing me to groan a little, which in turn caused the nurse which I assume was just getting ready to come into the room hurry inside to check on me "Good afternoon ma'am, I'm nurse Gold and I will be your and Miss Peirson's day nurse. Now I would like to ask you what is the last thing you remember?"

Looking down into my lap I answered her truthfully "Well before I passed out I remember jumping into the river and feeling the cold envelope me then a strong hand grab mine, after that everything is just blank." She wrote something down on her clipboard which I assume held my information "I see your doctor will be in shortly to speak with you and miss Peirson regarding the damage your bodies sustained and as to what happens next, would you like anything before I leave?" I thought about it then answered shortly "Just some water and could you dim the lights for me please?" She brought me a cup with water and situated a beaker next to my bed "If you need a refill" she said. I nodded and she dimmed the lights on her way out.

Hearing some talking to my right I awoke from the light sleep I was in and looked around to see what had caused the sound. What I saw was the doctor I assume was the one nurse Gold had spoken about talking to the woman in the bed beside mine. "Miss Peirson how are you feeling? It seems you blacked out next to miss Waters when the paramedics arrived on sight." Miss Peirson nodded and spoke with a soothing voice to the doctor "I feel fine, I'm not the one you should be worried about doctor...?" He replied immediately "Doctor Price, doctor Noah Price." She nodded and continued speaking "I'm not the one you should be worried about doctor Price as I see it I wasn't the one who tried to kill myself last night now was I?" Her voice had taken on a slightly dominant tone and to say it wasn't hot was an utter lie, but after realising what she said I came to the conclusion that the strong grip I felt on my hand before blacking out must've been hers and she must've gotten me out of that situation alive. I hung my head in shame and let out a small whimper causing both the doctor and the woman to look in my direction, I refused to meet any of their gazes until the doctor decided to speak "Is there anyone we can call for you Miss Waters?" I though for a moment then gave him the information "Y-you uhm can c- call my boss uhm his name is C-chris Hemmings, his contact details are in my purse." I stuttered and the doctor nodded and went to go call Chris to most likely come to the hospital.

Chris was a close friend of mine and helped through a lot especially when my family abandoned me because they didn't support my lifestyle choices, so calling him would be the most sensible option. Chris was a dominant but he was also gay whereas I was omnisexual.

A few hours later Chris ran into the room and pulled me roughly against his chest "Why didn't you tell me you were struggling again Anna? You know what the doctor said the previous time you did something this stupid." That's when Miss Peirson piped in "Wait she tried this before?!" Hearing the rage in her voice had me shrinking closer into Chris's chest the same moment he spoke "And you are?" She replied immediately "Excuse my lack of manners but I'm the one who jumped into that fucking freezing river to get her. My name is Olivia Peirson I own Peirson and Co. about a block from here." He nodded seeming to know who she was "Thank you for jumping in after her Olivia I deeply appreciate it."

The doctor walked in with papers in his hand and spoke to Olivia and I "These are you release papers but I cannot allow you, Miss Waters to leave this hospital without first agreeing to come in every Saturday to speak with the therapist, does that cause any problems?" He looked at Chris for confirmation instead of me which I feel was the best choice because I would've likely said no "She will be here, even if I have to threaten her with the loss of her job to get her here." Doctor Price nodded and had Olivia and I sign the release papers before leaving the room and having Chris go with him to talk while we change.

I looked over at Olivia as she was pulling on her jeans and spoke so softly it was barely audible "I know what I did was stupid but I just want to thank you for saving me and also say sorry for being an inconvenience." I finished my apology/thank you off with looking down at the floor since she was clearly a dominant and I had to show her respect, especially after what I did "Here take this." She handed me her phone and when I looked at her with a questioning look she said "Put your number in it." The tone she used was final and offered no room for negotiation so I quickly typed in my name and number and handed her back her phone.

"Make sure to eat better princess, or else the next visit you have to this hospital will be because of malnutrition" She said as she walked out the door, leaving me red and my heart pounding because if her tone and the fact that she called me princess...pitiful i know.