Chapter 18: Back here again
I woke up to find myself staring up at the ceiling above me as the bright light invaded my eyes. I blinked a couple of times before my sight fully adjusted. I was lying in bed. Am I in the hospital again? What happened? I turned to see my mother sitting on the chair next to me, she noticed I was awake.
"How long are you going to keep this from me?" She questioned in her sharp voice the moment her eyes met mine.
I frowned. "What are you talking about?" I muttered under my breath as I sat myself up.
"You are pregnant, why didn’t you tell me?" She sneered.
It was at this moment when the memories from earlier flooded my mind and realisation washed over me in an instant. I must have fainted earlier.
"Why do I need to tell you?" I retorted. It wasn’t good news that I was happy to share about anyway.
"I’m your mother, Aurelia!" Her voice boomed loudly in the tiny ward as she glared at me, narrowing her eyes into thin slits. "You don’t hide things from me, there’s no such things as secrets between us."
A cold chuckle erupted from my parted lips as the moment when she slapped me replayed at the back of my mind. "I’m 27, I’m an adult. I decide what I want to do, and that includes saying the things I want to say. You don’t get to tell me whether or not I should tell you certain things," I snapped back as a hint of disdain laced my voice.
I watched as she stood up from the seat and grabbed onto my shoulders tightly, shaking my body as she yelled in my face. "You are getting back together with Blake," she demanded, as her eyes grew wide with anger and rage.