Chapter 7 - Transferring to a Secure Regional Medical Center Facility
Back at the county hospital, the attending physician arranged for my immediate transfer to a secure regional medical center in Austin.
Specialized obstetric nurses wheeled my gurney into a private, high-security maternity suite overlooking the city skyline.
“Your vital signs are stabilizing, and our fetal monitors show your baby girl is reacting well to the IV fluids,” the head nurse assured me.
I rested my head against the clean white pillows, feeling a profound wave of exhaustion wash over my tired body.
For months, I had carried the crushing weight of isolation, believing nobody would ever believe a pregnant woman in a rundown rental.
Now, federal and county agencies were actively protecting me, and my abusers were sitting behind iron bars in the county jail.
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I placed my hand gently over my growing stomach, whispering the same words I had said on the porch that morning.
“You are wanted, little one. You are safe now.”
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