Chapter 10
“Dominic?”
Dominic looked up to see his mother standing in the doorway to his room. She was holding a brown paper bag in her arms, looking like she hadn’t slept in a while. Even though she had already seen the wounds, Dominic found himself turning his face away, hiding the bad side. It was still throbbing under the bandages and the surgical tape was starting to hurt.
“Oh, Dom.” Letitia sighed and entered the room, sitting on the edge of the bed. “You don’t need to hide your face from me.”
“Sorry, Mom. Force of habit.”
His mother had cried when she heard what had happened to her son. Dominic had even seen her flinch when she realized what her only child was going to look like now. But she had been steadfast by his side for the last two days, refusing to leave except to get s
