It was around five in the afternoon when the sound of my phone rang across the walls of my room. Stirring myself awake, I sorely pull my body up into a sitting position before reaching for the phone sitting on top of the night stand.
The first color of the coming sunset can be seen from beyond my window.
After glancing at the familiar name on my phone, I slide accept and press the device against my ear.
"Hello?" I say with a raspy voice, coughing a little right after. A few mumbles can be heard from the other side before the voice of my mother enters clearly.
"Hello, sweetie? How are you feeling? Did you already take your medicine?"
"I did." Is my response as I glance at the pills sitting on the might stand. Mother releases a sigh and a noise that sounds like a chair grazing agai
