If It Kills Me by Jason D. Morrow

Author:Jason D. Morrow
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Jason D. Morrow

CHAPTER NINE

JESSI WAS EIGHT months pregnant and didn’t have the desire or the energy to take care of her drunken roommate. At least, she thought Willow was drunk at first. When she stumbled through the door she fell to the ground and threw up. It was an occasion that wasn’t too uncommon in the campus apartments.

“Help me to the couch,” Willow said through labored breaths.

Jessi shook her head as she reached down to help Willow to her feet. “I’m the pregnant one, remember? Don’t make me over exert myself because of your irresponsibility.”

But when she finally got Willow to the couch, she knew instantly that alcohol wasn’t what caused Willow’s state. Her eyes were bloodshot and her skin was turning an ashen grey. Saliva drooled down the sides of her cheeks. Jessi froze at the sight.

“What happened to you?”

“P…p…poisoned. It’s a vi…virus.”

Jessi stepped back from her immediately, fearing what kind of virus would do this to someone. Fearing what it could do to her baby.

“Why did you bring it back here?” she asked a little too loudly.

Willow shook her head. “Not airborne. Bloodstream.” Her words were barely above a whisper. “Here,” she said holding out a piece of paper. “Call the p…police. To here.”

Jessi looked at the piece of paper. It was the science building, bottom floor. Instantly, Jessi’s face turned bright with fury.

“Did that pervert do something to you?” she yelled out. “Did he touch you when you didn’t want him to? Did he try to drug you?”

“Call the police,” Willow repeated.

Jessi shook her head in anger, but called the police, not really knowing what to report. The operator seemed less than enthusiastic to be getting a call about another drugged college student, but when Jessi explained that something strange must have happened at the bottom floor of the science building, the operator said he would send over a patrol car as soon as possible.

Jessi hung up the phone and walked back over to Willow. Her eyes were shut and her breath was quick, almost like a panting dog, yet her mouth remained closed. Jessi shook her head, wondering what could have caused such a thing.

She had been worried about Willow since she hadn’t come back the night before. She had been gone for over twenty hours. At first, she thought Willow must have had a good time with the professor and they took off together for the weekend or something, but that seemed too weird, even for Willow. As time went on, Jessi couldn’t help but think that something really strange was going on. So Willow had been poisoned. Of course Professor Adams did something to her. She couldn’t believe that she actually encouraged Willow to get coffee with him.

Jessi looked out the window. She always liked these apartments because she could walk to her classes. The science building was only a couple of hundred yards from them. Campus police would take forever to send someone.

She looked at Willow, then back out toward the building. This late at night, most of the lights were out.

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