“I don’t have many hobbies of my own,” Armond said when I did not answer. “I just enjoy watching people fulfill their promises to me. Since you had already promised me, it was only natural for me to come and claim it.”
That seemed like a far-fetched reason to me.
“What about my arm?” I asked, determined to change the subject.
A bullet went through it. You’re d*mned lucky to be alive after all of it.
“It’s nothing,” Armond said. “Just rest up well. You’ll be fine, just not able to lift heavy objects is all.”
I pursed my lips at that but nodded.
A scuffle of footsteps outside made me panic, thinking it was Abe, but it was only the nurse here to change my medication.
I had a lot more questions for Armond, but he seemed to be reluctant to discuss them with me. With several more reticent answers, he took his leave.
Armond’s relationship with Abe is more complex than I had first imagined.
After some hot soup, I fell back asleep.
rainy in the tropics. Thunderstorms had a tendency to start at night and keep me awake
hospital was sparsely populated, which made it even spookier during the late-night
up for a bit. I attempted
overly hard and had knocked the bottle of saline solution to the
the sound of the disturbance, and Danny entered
the mess on the floor
a nurse who promptly cleaned it up. She relayed some instructions in broken
me and turned to
Danny!” I called out
he spun around
know what is going on
frowned with reluctance. “Ms. Stovall, you need to rest,” he said after a moment’s
again to leave. In a moment of panic, I flung the glass of water onto the floor to get his attention. “If you are going to threaten Ashton with my life, you should at least do me the
was unhappy. “Ms. Stovall, you should treasure life!” he said, with his
I know you are not a native Venrian,” I said after a deep breath. “For whatever reason that landed you to be Abe’s
a simpleton. Meanwhile, the nurse returned and cleaned up the
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