Elyse"s headache came back in full force at 3 a.m. She took another of her rescue meds and set the alarm for a more reasonable hour so she could call the manager of another location and arrange to have someone come in and cover for her. She hated doing it, but there was no way she could work, not like this. Alarm set, she lay in the dark, quiet room trying to sleep but fighting back tears because her head hurt so bad. Experience had taught her that giving into to the urge to cry would only make her headache worse.
Being awake was the only reason she heard her phone vibrate. She picked it up, thankful she"d turned on the blue light filter before bed. Elyse couldn"t help but blink at what seemed like a blindingly bright light as she saw it had been an incoming message. From Mac. What was h
