Chapter 21 Have You Heard?

• (Avery’s Point Of View)
• I woke up to a loud beeping sound that aggregated the ache I was feeling in my head. It was from a phone which I thought was very much close by. And without opening my eyes, I reached out to the spot I always keep my phone right under the next pillow but it wasn’t there and I was stopped by the pain I felt in my right arm which I just moved. I uttered a profanity as my eyes flared opened and I withdrew my right arm quickly and back under the bed cover.
• I stayed still for some minutes until the pain reduced. The phone had stopped ringing but the sound came again causing me to sit up on the bed slowly. I tried to find it but it wasn’t on the bed. I hopped out of the bed to check the bed side drawer where the green light in the alarm beeped 10:30 am. The phone wasn’t there neither was it on the dressing table. I touched my forehead but retracted my hand as if it had burned me. That spot was so hot, with the soreness in my throat and I knew that I was coming down with fever.