“Not one word,” I warned her in a dẹadIy manner.
I quickly let go, threw myself back onto the hospital bed, and closed my eyes tight just as the door swung open.
“What was that noise?!” the doctor barked.
I held my breath, praying the nurse would not sell me out.
“I… I dropped the syringe, Doctor,” the nurse stammered. Her voice was shaking very badly.
“You fooIish girl!” the doctor hissed. “Did you give her the injection? Is she asleep?”
There was a dead silence in the room; two seconds felt like ten years, my hands squeezed the bedsheets tightly.
“Yes, Doctor. She is deeply asleep,” the nurse lied.
I thanked God in my heart, but my relief only lasted for a second.
