“You did this!” she screamed at me. Her hands were raised, and she didn’t look right. I gulped for breath. I couldn’t breathe. My chest hurt, why did it hurt so much? But I couldn’t tear my eyes away from her.
I whimpered, “Mom?”
She shook her head from side to side. She kept going, faster and faster, until she slid down the wall stopping in a huddle on the floor. She curled into a ball and rocked herself as her head kept shaking.
Oh god. I fell to my knees beside her. “Mom?” This wasn’t right. I knew this wasn’t right, but I didn’t know what to do. “Please say something, mom.”
Her hand twitched on her leg. Her head whipped up, and she hissed before she launched herself at me.
I jerked awake. My heart was pounding.
It was hot, too hot. I kicked at the covers so I could feel some cool
