Chapter 10 - 10. He's Waiting

Knock Knock

My eyebrows scrunch up in a frown and I feel my body twitch,

Knock Knock

Ugh.

I turn to my side, and argh, my neck is so stiff that it hurts to move. I try to open my eyes, but they were stuck close. The worse way to wake up? When there's goop in your eyes and they've dried your lids shut.

I rub my finger roughly over them in irritation and wring them over with a Herculean effort. Oh god, I feel like a desert.

When was the last time I drank–

'Sir Adian.' A knock follows and even though it's muffled, I can guess that it was Frank on the other side of the door.

I jump up in alert and thanks to that, my head punishes me with a blinding throb, making me bend down on the bed, on my knees.

'Sonofabitch' i hiss and slouch over until my forehead touches my knees. I press my fingers on my temples until it hurts more than the throbbing.

'Oh my. Mother…'

'Are you alri…?' I hear distantly and I groan,

'No' I mumble back, 'Leave me alone.'

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