Vanni got up carefully when he heard the buzzer. He would have ignored it if he hadn’t ordered pizza for breakfast. That was the only thing that had sounded at all appealing after he got home and realized he was starving. While he waited he’d settled down on the sofa and dozed off. The ER doctor had warned him he’d be drowsy, the result of coming down off the ketamine plus the mild painkillers they’d given him after they’d dealt with his wounds and stitched him up.
He pressed the button to let the delivery boy in then went to find a clean pair of jeans to put on. The one’s he’d been wearing were in the trash because he was not about to deal with the blood stains. As he went back into the living room to open the door, he reminded himself to call in to work to let them know he’d be taking t
