The Stand-in
“Maybe you shouldn’t call it waking up when a person’d been unconscious for almost two days, but that was how he acted, as if he had passed out last night from drink and now woke up, still half stoned.
Then he tried to sit up and on account of the needle, the position it was in, couldn’t, so he reached up to yank off the adhesive and pull the needle out. She grabbed his hand. “Don’t do that!” Millie held his hand. She was going to say she’d get the doctor. She was supposed to call him when Desmo...nd came to, but she had a lot to tell him before she was letting him talk to anybody. “Lie back, I’ll do it,” she said instead.
Bending over him getting the adhesive off and the needle out, she felt him staring at her, blinking. He didn’t even know who she was. She could understand why he didn’t recognize her; he had only seen her made up to look like Coral, and for less than an hour in all. (In the tent he hadn’t been looking at her, only Kitten.) It was pretty funny that he shouldn’t recognize her (even though she understood why), but that was the story of her life.MoreLess
Then he tried to sit up and on account of the needle, the position it was in, couldn’t, so he reached up to yank off the adhesive and pull the needle out. She grabbed his hand. “Don’t do that!” Millie held his hand. She was going to say she’d get the doctor. She was supposed to call him when Desmo...nd came to, but she had a lot to tell him before she was letting him talk to anybody. “Lie back, I’ll do it,” she said instead.
Bending over him getting the adhesive off and the needle out, she felt him staring at her, blinking. He didn’t even know who she was. She could understand why he didn’t recognize her; he had only seen her made up to look like Coral, and for less than an hour in all. (In the tent he hadn’t been looking at her, only Kitten.) It was pretty funny that he shouldn’t recognize her (even though she understood why), but that was the story of her life.MoreLess
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