Chapter 5They drove back to Allenhurst with only the rain pounding the roof of the car breaking the silence. Without the medication he couldn’t afford to purchase, and was too proud to tell the hospital he needed, the car ride increased the pain in Dennis’ joints and muscles one hundred fold. He rolled himself into a ball, or as much of one as he could with the constriction of the seatbelt. He had learned from experience that protecting his body from accidental contact with a blunt object would save his muscles and joints from prolonged agony.
The painkiller they had given him at the hospital had worn off and the pain came back full force. Liquid fire ran down the muscles of his arms and legs. All his joints began to throb and his head started to pound. He bit his lip so he didn’t howl an
