The banging awoke Mike with a start and for a few seconds his mind, stolen so abruptly from sleep, cast him into confusion and he didn’t know where he was. He had no recollection of how he’d gotten to wherever he’d woken up or what he’d been doing before he’d fallen asleep. It was a momentary confusion that he’d only suffered a few times in the past, and those had been in his younger days and usually followed a night’s heavy drinking.
BANG – BANG - BANG
BANG – BANG - BANGHe sat up, arched his neck, his heart pounding against his ribs from the shock of the sudden awakening, the sound of it rushed through his ears where it pulsed with a steady thud-thud-thud. Looking around the darkened room he realised where he was, Tara’s – this was her lounge. Then he remembered, he’d come back here aft
