Chapter 52

• I stayed in bed for the rest of the day, waiting for someone to bring me a fresh change of clothes and a broom to clean up the broken glass in the bathroom. I didn't bother trying to sleep because it was impossible to sleep. Whenever I tried to sleep, my mind would fill with thoughts and worries about dead girls and broken hearts. Wistfully, I reflected on how a sleepless night for me would normally be caused by college essays and presentations, rather than ghosts and an obnoxious vampire husband.
• Sitting in bed, I strained my ears to hear if there was any sign of life in the corridor. I was surprised no one had contacted me yet. I expected the evil nurse to come in at some point during the day to check on me. But not even she bothered to pay me a visit. I half expected Luc to sneak back into the bedroom to see me, but he didn't. This was probably a good thing, because my feelings for him had shifted from madly in love to just plain mad over the previous eight hours. If he walked through that bedroom door right now, I'm not sure whether I'd hug him or throw something at him.
• But I secretly wished for him to return to me. Without him, I felt less of a person... which sounds and feels absurd, but it was true. He'd somehow become a part of me without my knowledge, and the thought of losing him filled me with the same amount of dead and anxiety as losing one of my vital organs. I hated myself for my sudden and unexplained total reliance on this one person. I used to take pride in being self-sufficient, strong, and independent. I was never one of those girls who couldn't live their lives without a boyfriend or significant other. I'd always been able to survive on my own, but everything had changed now. I seemed to be relying on everyone now.