She woke feeling wrung out, her brain addled and confused. The sticky plaster on her right hand showed blood instead of ice cream. An eerie half-light toned the room in shades of grey; the day disappeared from under her. Stretching out an aching hand to investigate the waist high paralysis revealed the snoring cat sprawled across her bottom half. Her legs felt bloodless and leaden. Hana prodded him and he sat up to lick himself clean after his nap, sniffing at the bloodied bandage with a disgusted look on his face. Hana persuaded her body to respond to her urgent signals for moving. “I need to leave, useless cat. Why can’t you help me?” Tiger opened his mouth and gave a wide yawn which showed all his teeth.
The open door allowed a half-light to filter through from a lamp in the hallway. H
