Chapter 3
Jessa came awake with a start. She pushed herself up and leaned back against the headboard. Her heart was pounding and her skin was damp with sweat. She gulped in air and shoved away the flames flickering in her sleepy brain. It had been over three weeks since the fire, but she could only manage to sleep through roughly every other night. The nights in between found her jolted awake, fear choking her as she felt trapped again in her apartment with flames climbing the walls. She didn’t remember much from the fire other than waking up with it all around her, struggling to breathe through the smoke and scrambling to get out. She vaguely remembered gulping in the cool air once she crashed through the window, but that was it.
She forced herself to breathe slowly and kicked the cover
