Chapter 32
NowJohn slowly came to his senses. He pushed himself upright from the bathroom floor, groaning as he tried to breathe around what felt like broken ribs.
He was surprised to see no blood in the awful mess, mostly contained by the toilet. His throat felt like he’d swallowed glass, and his jaws and even his teeth were aching.
The first thing that caught his attention enough to bring him fully back to his present was his left hand, the white gold band with a row of tiny garnets and black diamonds on his ring finger.
Faint scars around his knuckles. The pale line below the last two fingers on the back of his right hand. His own reminders of that awful time in his life, and clear proof that no matter how he felt in that moment, years had indeed gone by.
No wonder he felt much the
