CHAPTER 10
“I don’t want to remember this anymore,” I groaned and looked away, feeling an overwhelming surge of emotions wash over me. Whatever drugs they had pumped into me were wearing off. The soft, cotton, cloud I floated on turned grey, dark, and menacing. A storm approached.
“It’s okay to take a break, Darren. You’re doing really well,” Doctor Ling said in a reassuring tone.
I looked around the room, studying the monitors to avoid her gaze. It felt as if I had abruptly woken up from a strange, troubling sleep. Everything looked more detailed, and my thoughts were my own again; things had finally begun to make sense.
“I want to get out of here,” I said more forcefully than I had intended. “Why am I strapped to this? Why can’t I move my hands higher than my chest? You need to let m
