Eighteen Below by Stefan Ahnhem

Author:Stefan Ahnhem
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: House of Anansi Press Inc
Published: 2017-11-21T20:06:21+00:00

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Dread pounded in Theodor’s head. It felt like someone was in there playing with a sledgehammer. With every successive blow his nausea grew worse. If it went on like this, he would throw up. Again. He hated being sick. It was the worst.

Maybe it would be best just to stick two fingers down his throat and get it over with. But not just yet. Best to wait until he had worked up the strength. Shit…it was that last fucking drink. He had been downing them like juice.

At first he’d thought the ferry was rocking. But after a couple more drinks, the nausea hit him and he’d had to leave the table and run for the bathroom. Luckily, one of the three stalls had been free and he emptied his stomach straight into the toilet. And now he had to puke again. Oh God…

He rose from the toilet and bent forward over it, opening his mouth and sticking his index and middle fingers all the way in. His whole body convulsed and his stomach pushed its acidic juices up his throat. He repeated the procedure until he was emptied of bile and his throat stung.

He flushed twice, and realized he was freezing despite how sweaty he was. He didn’t know how long he’d been sitting there. All he knew was that every second he was away from Alexandra was a second too long. But he felt a little better now. He felt weak, like he hadn’t eaten in years, but at least he didn’t feel nauseous anymore.

After washing his hands and rinsing his mouth more times than he could count, Theodor went back to the restaurant, only to find that their table was empty. He sat down in his chair and swept his eyes around the room, but he couldn’t see Alexandra anywhere. Maybe she was just in the bathroom too, he thought, trying to convince himself that everything was fine.

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