Minus
“Jase? Jase? Baby, wake up.”
I could hear Cricket’s voice, as if she was calling to me from the opposite end of a long, narrow hallway.
“Jase, wake up.”
My eyelids felt heavy and ached. In fact, there wasn’t much of me that didn’t currently ache, except of course, for the parts of me that were in pure agony.
“Jase? Can you hear me?” Cricket asked, and I felt her squeeze my hand.
I squeezed back.
“Jase! Baby, can you hear me?” Cricket rasped in excitement.
I forced the only eye open that I could. “Jesus, what does a guy… need to do to get a little… rest around here?”
The room erupted with laughter, which honestly scared the s**t out of me more than anything.
“Oh, my God, honey, we were so worried,” Cricket cried and kissed my hand.
“Welcome back, shithead,” I heard Clutch
