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I woke up in a comfortable bed. The room was quiet and the air was cool.
I’d slept so deeply that for a long time I just lay there, trying to remember where I was, why I was here, and where I’d been when I’d fallen asleep. It came to me all at once, and I sat bolt upright in bed.
Immediately, I felt a throb in my upper abdomen. Looking down, I saw that it was covered in thick bandages. I remembered suddenly I’d been wounded during my fight with Goldie. It had hurt a lot in the moment, but I’d soon forgotten about it, caught up in everything that happened afterward. Now, the pain had been reduced to a slow, dull ache.
I climbed out of bed, splashed my face with some water, and tiptoed out of my bedroom into a silent corridor. I didn’t want to be alone just then. But when I checked th
