“Ellie, wake up.” I heard Narcia’s voice before I could even open my eyes. I felt her tugging my comforter. “It’s almost nine in the morning, you haven’t had your breakfast yet.”
I attempted to open my eyes but failed after a few attempts so I just surrendered and rolled on my back on the bed instead. “I’m not feeling really well today, Narcia.”
After my fight with Kaleb last night, I remembered falling asleep late but I woke up some time in the night with a stomach ache. I threw up a little and I went back to bed dizzy and my joints aching. Maybe I got a little too excited to move too much even though my wounds and bruises weren’t fully healed just yet.
Narcia placed a hand over my forehead and then I heard her click her tongue. “You have a fever. You need to eat, Ellie, so you can dri
