Knight in a White Stetson
“Her life was getting out of hand.She didn’t want to open her eyes. Pain was waiting. It promised itself to her already, pounding on her skull; a miner looking for the big vein.She lifted her lids slightly and groaned. Tequila. How much tequila had she had? She should have forced herself to throw up last night when she wanted to. But she hadn’t seemed to be able to lift herself out of bed, so she waited out the spinning nausea until unconsciousness overtook her.It was light outside her bedroom w...indow. Ten o’clock. At least. Lester was going to have a field day. She dragged herself out of bed and steadied herself on her bedpost for a minute. Maybe she’d just throw up right now.She stumbled to the bathroom, the miner pounding relentlessly on the inside of her skull with a fierce little hammer, and grabbed her toothbrush. The taste in her mouth was dirt and rubber. Like she’d been sucking on a tractor tire, she thought as she coated the toothbrush with paste. She tried to brush her teeth and keep her head perfectly still at the same time.How does Lester do this?She spit, rinsed her mouth several times and peered into the mirror at her face.“God, what did you do to yourself, Calla?”MoreLess
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