C29 Chapter Twenty Nine

Marie awakened to the sound of frantic knocks on her door. She felt so sure that if she tried to stand up, she’d keel over right there at the foot of her bed.

Was it the alcohol? The tension with Alden? What exactly had triggered this aggressive bout of pain and fever that now ravaged her body?

She had tried to call Sandra but so far her best friend hadn't called back or shown up