Chapter 4“Are you excited?” Prisha asks.
“I’m glad to be going home and glad my apartment has an elevator,” Arkady says, sitting on the edge of his bed and putting things in his bag. He’s been in hospital and awake for almost two weeks, and he’s seen Prisha every day of his stay. Arkady wants to think of her as a friend. She’s so kind to him, but he made that mistake with Thomas, and he’s not going to do that a second time.
His cell phone chimes, and Arkady apologies for looking at his phone in the middle of a conversation. The text is from his father, saying that something is wrong with the car, and he’ll be late picking Arkady up. He curses and tells Prisha.
“You’re my last patient for the day. I could take you home, if you like? I don’t mind,” Prisha offers.
“I don’t want to take ad
