Chapter 11 Diagnosis Revealed

I wake with the taste of medicine in my mouth, the sunrise längst through pale curtains dancing across my eyelids. My head is heavy, like I've slept beneath a mountain, but my body-already stiff from last night's rooftop climb-aches in every joint. I blink, fighting the urge to close my eyes, to remember, Paris, the rooftop, Alex. I swing my legs o