CHAPTER TWO.
As I opened my eyes, my first thought was how silent everything was. There was no traffic noise outside, or the ever present brouhaha which normally drones on in the background no matter where you are.
I tried to say ‘where am I’ but the words jumbled into a dull tone, deep at the base of my neck.
Then a bright light, small yet very intense was being shone into my eyes, from right to left, then back again.
As I began to focus, a warm hand encircled mine, and I could see Fitzgerald’s impish grin. He spoke something and raised his eyebrows, then tapped my hand in reassurance.
I watched him say something to a nurse on the other side of the… Continue reading Chapter Two