Nowhere to Run

~VALERIE'S POV~

The harsh fluorescent hospital lights pierced through my consciousness like needles, dragging me back from the merciful darkness I had been floating in.

My eyelids felt heavy as lead, and when I finally managed to force them open, the sterile white ceiling above me came into focus slowly, like a photograph developing.

Where was I?

The antiseptic smell hit me next…that unique hospit