All i want, p.25
All I Want, page 25
All I want is a room somewhere…
Why am I thinking Rapunzel? Where did that name come from?
Through a fog I hear Ben and Ted murmuring about our accident… increased intracranial pressure… swelling… disorientation…
I look at JD, but he won’t meet my eyes. He’s staring at Ben and Ted.
“Your wife’s a real hero,” says Dr. Fogel. Ted. “Her whole body took a hit in that crash, and then she got through the labor. With flying colors. She’ll be okay. She just needs some rest. My wife will give her something to help her sleep.”
Dr. Fogel comes closer. He holds out his arms.
“We’ll take the baby,” he says.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Thank you to my editor, Emily Bestler, and associate editor, Lara Jones.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
DARCEY BELL is the New York Times bestselling author of Something She’s Not Telling Us and A Simple Favor, which was adapted into a critically acclaimed film starring Blake Lively and Anna Kendrick. Darcey was raised on a dairy farm in western Iowa and is currently a preschool teacher in Chicago.
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Names: Bell, Darcey, author.
Title: All I want : a novel / Darcey Bell.
Description: First Emily Bestler Books/Atria Books hardcover edition. | NewYork : Emily Bestler Books/Atria, 2022.
Identifiers: LCCN 2021032199 (print) | LCCN 2021032200 (ebook) | ISBN 9781982177270 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781982177287 (trade paperback) | ISBN 9781982177294 (ebook)
Subjects: GSAFD: Suspense fiction. | LCGFT: Psychological fiction.
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Darcey Bell, All I Want
