Internal Sin: 080

(KAI'S POINT OF VIEW)

When I opened my eyes, I was staring at the ceiling of my bedroom. How did I end up here? I thought as I felt a wild ache in my head.

I slowly pushed myself up to a sitting position on the bed and rubbed my brow, trying to remember how I had ended up on my bed when the last thing I remembered was comforting my mother in the hospital. I have not even seen Dad yet.

"You are awake."

My head jerked up as I watched Ralph enter the room with a steaming cup. When he was close enough, he extended it toward me. "Have this; it will help with the headache."

I slowly took the cup from him and sipped the contents. On my tongue, it tasted sour but not unpleasant. "How did I get here? I recall being in the hospital." I regarded him with suspicion. "What are you doing here?"

"You passed out at the hospital earlier, and I was there to visit because I heard what happened to your father, so your mother told me to take you home."

Oh. I realized. That made perfect sense. "So, we are