Chapter Thirty-Seven
“Please wake up baby”, I hear someone sniffing. “We have so much to look forward to, just wake up.
I don’t even know where I am. I know I have a headache, and I know that my ribs are hurting.
I don’t want to open my eyes yet, I want to get used to the sounds before I open my eyes.
I think I remember something. Me in a basement. Yeah. I was locked inside a basement. I was beaten badly and I remember feeling very weak. After that, I have a hard time placing what happened. It doesn’t feel like I’m in the basement anymore, I’m not lying on a hard, cold cement floor. It feels like I’m lying in a bed, not very soft, but still nice. I can still hear the sniffles.
I decided to open my eyes. Rich is sitting in a chair right beside my bed and, crying silently, sniffing so
