**NOVALEE POV**
Waking up in the hospital brought back memories of everything terrible that had been happening to me on the island. It wasn’t a large island, especially since I could see Abel walking toward my room from outside.
“Novalee, I just heard you were in here. What happened? Are you going to be alright?” he asked as he rushed into my room. He sat in the chair beside my bed and tried to take my hand.
“I’ll be just fine. I didn’t call you because I didn’t want you here,” I said, pulling my hand away from him.
“Novalee, could you please just stop this? I f****d up, and you know I’m sorry. Now, stop being so stubborn and come home with me,” Abel practically yelled.
“In what world do you think I would ever take you back?” I asked.
“Because you have no one else,” he snapped back.
