Beyond the Divorce

Chapter 62

Chapter 62 A Friendly Face in a Foreign Land When I entered the questhouse, I shed my wet clothes and cranked up the heater.

Then I hopped into the shower.

Hot water poured over me, thawing my frozen body with steam.

Since I didn’t have spare clothes, I wrapped myself in a blanket.

Then I boiled some water and sipped it.

I didn’t care how clean the cups were, but I wished there was tea to warm me up I That made me laugh wryly, but my mind was racing to figure out how to meet Fred.

I reached for the pamphlet and looked through the contact information.

I dialed a few numbers, but no one answered.

It seemed this business wasn’t customer–friendly.

I The middle–aged man I met earlier was my only hope.

However, my hope faded as the night wore on and no calls came.

I eventually dozed off.

In the middle of the night, I woke up with a fever.

Wrapped tightly in my blanket, I couldn’t stop shivering.

delirium, I

strength to open my eyes, let

me

Matthew would call, I forced myself out of bed the next morning I went to a nearby grocery

store was difficult to locate, and after a brief

I felt utterly drained.

to buy some medicine, but there was no pharmacy

that the nearest hospital

also running low on

returned to my room to

asleep

subconscious nagged me that time

needed to find Fred

my trump card

some point, my phone rang, startling

it, hoping for a message

Atlas’s name flashed on the screen,

what we discussed,

I had

night of binge

I started

“Chloe… Chloe…” +15 BONUS I searched for the source of the

tossed

warm sensation

eyes, and a

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