CHAPTER 12
“WE CAN’T GO on like this.”
Rhys covered his mouth out of politeness as he yawned, but there was no hiding his exhaustion.
Two weeks after Coco’s first nightmare, they’d both become zombies, and he looked back with fondness at the nights when Gary and Stacey had thrown their alcohol-fuelled parties because even those had been easier to sleep through than Coco’s nocturnal shenanigans. They’d hoped the first nightmare was a one-off, but it turned out to be just the start. Every time she drifted off, the hellish dream came back, and she drowned over and over and over again. Meanwhile, Rhys was living in his own nightmare as he tried to comfort her, usually with limited success.
He managed a few hours of work each day, splitting his time between the fitness app and the make-up p
