Chapter Twenty-Four
I floated in the darkness for a while. I had a dream that Recca and I went on vacation together in Hawaii. She tried to teach me to surf, but all I managed to do was wipe out and end up with my arm in a sling.
When I tried to rub my aching arm, I found that I could not move my hands. My head started to clear. The beach went away, but the ache in my arm did not. I found it wasn’t just my arm. My wrists hurt, and my shoulders, and my neck was in an awkward position. Slowly, I tried to straighten my body. Pried my eyes open.
Darkness. A windowless room. The only light was the weak glow of red LEDs from something electronic across the room. My brain tried to make sense of the dim silhouettes. A TV. Reclining chairs. I was in the entertainment room. The basement of Charli
