Chapter 6The next morning, I stood in the corner of Davie’s room, staying out of the nurse’s way. She was a woman in her early forties with a rough bedside manner I didn’t particularly appreciate. She shot me a quick glance over her shoulder. “You’re gonna stand there the whole time?”
“Can I help you with anything?” I asked, as nicely as I could.
She was hooking up a new bag to the pole. “No,” she said, but her expression had softened. She watched me for a second. “I haven’t seen you around before, now have I?” Meanwhile, she stuck a thermometer in David’s ear.
“No, I was out of the country.” I came closer to the bed. The sun wasn’t even up yet. I was sore all over from sleeping in an awkward position in that bed. David had slept on and off all through the night, and every time he’d mov
