Chapter 17“How’d you sleep?” Ian asked when Danny woke up at one in the afternoon.
“Good. How’d you sleep?”
“Not good. I kept waking up every half hour or so. I kept having nightmares. In some I was back in the fire and unable to escape. In others someone was chasing me with a knife and trying to kill me. The worst ones though were the ones where a giant rat was trying to eat me. I’m so exhausted and tired, but I don’t want to go to sleep and have another nightmare. I feel like I’m going insane. I don’t know how much more I can take. You must think I’m the biggest wimp on earth. I’m so sorry. I’d understand completely if you wanted to get as far away from me as possible,” Ian said quietly.
Danny pulled Ian into his arms and said, “We’ve had this discussion before, but I will repeat my a
