"Nams. Nams, wake up! Shit! You have to wake up, Nams!"
The insistent whispers, body shakes and slaps broke into my subconscious, raising me from the dark into the light. For a few seconds I could not figure out where I was, who was calling me, what had happened or why I could not move my limbs.
A few moments later, I realized that I was tied up on a high-back chair. When I became conscious of that fact, I started jerking hysterically, trying to get loose but Jasper and Dandy both shushed me. Jasper went as far as slamming his palm over my mouth but that just hurt more. My entire face was on fire from the punches I had received.
I panted through my nose, calming down when I saw Dandy was cutting off the ropes.
"You've got to run, Nams," Dandy said, his voice shaking. He was afraid, I saw tears in his eyes but he didn't allow it roll down his cheeks. "Runaway. Leave town if you can."
