Helanie:
I was given tranquilizers for hours, but as I slept, the horrifying events from the night of the Alphas—and the faces of Lamar and Sydney—kept replaying in my nightmares. By the time I woke up, I realized it was already too late.
"Please don't get up. You need to rest," said the nurse beside my bed, but the way she pressed her fingers firmly into my shoulder to push me back down made it clear she wasn't thrilled about caring for me.
"I just want to know… did the exam start today?" I asked in a hoarse, strained voice.
"Huh? I'm not here to find things out for you. Why can't you just stay quiet and rest?" she replied, sounding exasperated.
I didn't understand. Why was she so irritated with me?
"Is she awake again? We can't keep pausing the movie," another nurse grumbled as she walked in, and that's when it dawned on me why they seemed so bothered.
