My chest closed up. Fine without her. Was she out of her mind? “I don’t wanna wake up from the dream world,” I said, and midsentence my voice cracked, and the words twisted and turned in my mouth. She sat on the cot, the cot I now hated with a passion because it had driven her to May’s room. She pulled me down beside her. “I know you don’t, but I’ll be here when you do.
