Veiled Deception

body did not respond. I hated that smell;

o put all my strength into lifting that hand, and I feel spe

I couldn't move. The scent was accompanied

re

I'll just stay back wi

voice. It sounds so fam

I released a sigh of relief; at

g because I knew nothing came out,

ne in a comforting manner. To comfort me

voice drifted to me in

s loud enough to draw a gasp from her because she shifted on th

ried to rack my brain as to why

e her hous

y. If I did, I woul

nsity, and that must have alarmed her. I did n

the cool breeze made me sh

and then I felt them. The tubes.

murmured something." The footsteps stop

oice called out to me. "Wave y

ht light from a window, I guess, had my attention. Makin

old metal on my chest. "Her vitals are good. I am surprised she is conscious, well, semi-consci

will figure out why in Zoey's house

you should have seen the s

i

's

ime I felt a poking against my lips. "Channel

roat is a contrast to the burning

or the life of me fault you." He hands drag

ily. I mentally pat myself on the back

ement comes with a shitload of pain that is life-questioning. I noticed how semi-hard

me shut it so fast it could have taken off my eye

n my struggle, I didn't know when I came up. "

re clearly this time, and my eyes

o tubes." I f

ub

t told me first. Maybe I would have suggested someth

had patches at their sole edges. The pillow behind my head was propped high enough that I didn't have trouble stretching my neck to see below. The tab

ng her body. "You look like shit." It came out as a whispered obser

ould se

ting over anything and everything,

I know. But not now, tige

the confusion on my face because s

rself, the basta

t on me, the

os

came crashin

eating

n th

n B

izzy with intense pain. I lay bac

looking me up like she w

re i

n eyebrow at

g on the bed, lo

st wondering why I'm a

ndition. Kudos. I

e praising me. I haven't told her about what he did, and I

ll me everything, to stop me from thinking so I

u had the accident. The police called me as a last-known c

was

ape. I wondered if you were going to

ike her, and letting deadbeat men decide my life for me. This time around, I w

I said, you did