ELLIE
The valley has gone orange by the time I finish with the burn on bed nine. Millie sends the photo first and the question underneath it, the way she's been doing all day. I zoom in until the screen goes grainy.
Don't debride it. Cool water for twenty minutes, then honey, and keep the dressing loose. If the blisters open on their own, leave the skin where it is. It's a cover.
It's ugly.
It's supposed to be ugly. Send me the same photo tomorrow morning.
I've been on this couch since noon. Teo brought breakfast up, and then lunch. My thumb has started to ache at the joint. Eleven cases.
The door opens.
Adrian steps in and stops just inside it. His shirt is dark at the collar, and he's brought the cold in with him. My chest does the same stupid thing it always does.
He looks at m
