You’re in the hospital. You’re safe here.”
She stared at me for a long time.
Then she suddenly grabbed my hand.
“Doctor… please… don’t tell my father I’m alive.”
At first, I thought she was still confused.
“Why are you saying that?”
Tears began streaming down her cheeks.
“Because if he finds out I’m here, he’ll come and take me away again.”
“Has your father hurt you?”
She shook her head.
“I don’t know what to believe anymore. But yesterday, I heard what he was saying about me…”
Suddenly, she