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OneHeathThe first as a blur because I purposely blocked it out

I felt like shit—worse than shit

At week two, I still felt like a bag of broken bones, but there was h the night without waking up in pain I could ithout wincing I could carryon Catalina to do it for me

But I still had a long road ahead of me

I walked into the living roo there, his elbows on his knees as he watched the TV

“You just coo as you please now?” I didn’t walk atfro the ache of ht side I , but I’ve never been in so much pain…and I would never tell her

Balto looked up at me, his eyes narrowed “Now you kno it feels”

I opened the cabinet and grabbed the bottle of vodka

“Catalina isn’t here, is she?”

I poured it into a glass “No She’s out”

“Just because she’s not here doesn’t et aith that”

I looked at him over my shoulder

He nodded “Put it back, Heath”

“Colass—”

“Put it back, or I’ll tell her”

I rolledtattletale…” I shoved everything back into the cabinet and grabbed a glass of water instead “I’d offer you so, but if I can’t drink, neither can you”

“That’s fine with me”

I loweredwith the movement

“How do you feel?”

“Better” I restedat the TV in front ofshirtless all the time, but since I looked so terrible, I tried to hide it fro to resemble my old features “So, how’s the office?”

“You made Vox a blood traitor?” he asked

“Oh yeah” I draggedthe shadow of hair because I hadn’t shaved in weeks My skin burned slightly at the touch “Forgot about that”

“Why?”

“Because I’ve got a lot more on my mind—”