Elizabeth became vaguely aware of someone saying her name. She closed her eyes for just a second and when she opened them, she realised that it was Sawyer she could hear.
He was kneeling in front of her with his hands on her shoulders; for the first time, he didn’t sound like he was worried or panicking about her. He was simply saying her name to get her to focus.
“I’m OK. How long was I out for?”
“A few minutes I guess.”
“It felt like longer.”
“I could be wrong; I came up when I realised there was something up. The water was still draining form the bath so I assume you hadn’t been like that for too long. That was about five minutes ago,” he moved his hands to embrace her and held her close to him for a few moments before he let her go and offered his hand to help her up.
“I feel fi
