Chapter 48

• Sunlight streamed through the gauzy curtains, warming my face. I blinked groggily, stretching my arms above my head as consciousness slowly returned. I’d told Elroy I needed a nap, and clearly I was right about that given how much better I felt already.
• I let myself come to slowly, then turned to look at the bedside clock to see how long I’d slept. That's when I noticed him.
• Elroy sat in the plush armchair by the window, his brow furrowed in concentration as he pored over a stack of papers. The sight of him there, so casual yet out of place, startled me fully awake.