“Rick Anderson. He carried you to the clinic, remember? You have to thank him.” Her face turns radiant with joy. For some reason, her looking that happy creeps me out. Whatever is going on in her head can't be good for me.
“Tessa? What is going on?”
“Come. Follow me. Let's go talk to him.”
“No. TESSA! STOP!”
She drops my hand and freezes with fearfully wide eyes.
For a moment, a heavy silence fills the corridor. I look around to see everyone staring at us. Some of them are startled and some of them are irritated. I can feel their disgust dripping like water drops.
Damn it! I messed up.
Tessa unfreezes but she is pale with furrowed brows. My yelling scared her too much.
“Tessa, I am sorry. I didn't mean to yell.”
I have no choice but to yell at her. She is too fast and my br
