CHAPTER 54 REKINDLING ROMANCE

The sunlight was slowly peeping through the blinds in the hospital room and Jenna woke up with her eyes blinking. For a brief point of time, she felt more confused than she had ever been in her life, the sound of the beeping of the monitors as well as the unfamiliar environment overwhelming her senses. Then she felt the usual comforting hand of Ryan holding her hand and she was relieved. Ryan, who had been dozing off and on in the chair beside her bed, got up at the slight stir. “Jen?” he asked, his tone roughened by sleep. "How are you feeling?" Jenna slightly squeezed his hand. “I’m okay,” she said quietly. “Well a little. . . lost. ” Ryan looked worried as memories of the night before came flashing back to him. “The preterm labor scare,” he said softly, his thumb drawing circles on the back of her hand. “The doctors have told us that the medicine is having a positive effect but they wish to keep you here for a few more days. ” Jenna looked down at the floor, her free hand co