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A sudden jolt of pain to his abdomen woke Mateo up from his sleep. His eyes snapped open. It took a moment for him to register his surroundings and realize that he was in the guest room and not the ICU anymore. And then he realized that this early morning torture was the outcome of him turning in his sleep.
And then he realized that it wasn't early morning. In fact, he checked the time on his phone to realize that it was afternoon.
He wondered why he had slept so long. He felt fine the last night.
Mateo had a text. He had several texts but he had a message from River which was the only one he was in the mood to open and it said,
Call me when you wake up. Do not try to get up.!!!
Mateo rolled his eyes. One month away from work and the woman was go
