Chapter 229 - Talia

I sat on the hospital bed. Mentally whining at the knowledge that I'd given up a premium king size bed for a lumpy twin size. What the hell had I been thinking?

Kill Barrikad. That's what I'd been thinking. That man was going to die by my hand. We just had to wait for him to show up.

That fucker better show up.

"Lay down, T. I need to get some blood from you, and you're practically vibrating," Jessa said again as she brought in the tray for the specimen collection.

"How did you get privileges here?" I asked as I pulled my feet up and stretched out on the bed.

She laughed. "Are you kidding me? This is an overworked urban hospital. They practically shoved me into a room for you. You came into a hospital with your own doctor. Why wouldn't they say yes?"

"Um, because laws and stuff." I pressed the button to bring the head of the bed up just a little. I hated lying flat when I was awake. Unless I was getting my world rocked. That was the single exception that I could think