Love in the Dark
Chapter 78: Chair legs and arms
“Tess! Tess!”
Tess came to consciousness slowly, and her first awareness was pain. Pain everywhere. She tried to move, but she was trapped beneath the rubble. She opened her mouth to yell, and ended up with a mouthful of plaster dust and debris. She coughed and tried to spit, but her mouth was too dry. “Here!” she croaked out.
There was the sound of rustling and movement before Daniel’s worried face appeared in her field of vision. He was also coated in dust, and he had bits and pieces of insulation and splitters of wood caught in his hair and beard. A long gash had opened under his eye, but it had already stopped breathing. He assessed the situation quickly. “Oh god Tess. Don’t move. We are going to get you out of here.”
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