The next morning Delaney slept in until the afternoon. Ms. Bird came in and tried to wake her but found herself yelled at and told to close the curtains and leave. Later on, Miles came in to check on her. Sitting on the other side of the bed he tried to talk to her and convince her to get up and eat something but she wasn't interested.
Her stomach was sick and her head was pounding but worse than that was the ache that had already returned to her heart. Delaney found herself in tears wondering what she was going to have to do to ever escape it.
"I'm going back to the club tonight," she informed Miles later when she was finally up and dressed.
"What? Delaney no. I think you need a night home to get some rest and recover."
"The last thing I need is to be stuck here in this house."
"But after last night..."
"Last night was fun," she argued, "I was having fun with my friends."
