Life Sucks: A Little Something Extra in The Series that Just Plain Sucks by Dufour Charissa

Author:Dufour, Charissa [Dufour, Charissa]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Published: 2015-01-27T05:00:00+00:00

Josh jerked awake, surprised to come back to consciousness at all, much less to do it without any pain. He sat straight up, not worrying about his plethora of injuries. He was on a sofa in a sophisticated living room. The room had high ceilings, making it look even larger. The far wall had three tall windows that curved outward. Thick, elegant curtains obscured the light, matching the carpets. Across from Josh was a large fireplace, merrily crackling. Each piece of furniture looked to cost more than he could make in five years.

Josh glanced down at his bloodstained clothing and realized someone had placed a thick blanket under him, to help protect the furniture. He ran a hand experimentally across his stomach, not finding a single sensitive spot. His hand climbed up to his head, and though his hair was matted and crusty, his skull felt to be intact. From the back of his head, his hand traveled to his face. Josh suddenly realized his glasses were missing, and slowly remembered that the soldiers had broken them during the fight.

How then can I see? he wondered as he looked around the room again.

Just as he had thought, his vision was even better than when he wore his glasses. Josh swallowed the lump forming in his throat.

From where he sat, he heard the honking, shouting road noise of downtown New York, though the view from the window was masked by the curtains. Wherever he was, he was still in the city.

His mother! She would be worried sick about it him.

Before he could worry any more about his mother, the door opened and the dame from the club appeared. She was wearing a white blouse, a flared skirt of navy blue, and a matching scarf around her neck. She smiled invitingly.

“You’re awake,” she said as she proceeded into the room.

The strange woman crossed the room and sat in one of the accent chairs.

“I’m sure you have some questions for me.”

“Where am I?” Josh asked, glancing around the room again.

“In my apartment. Central Park West.”

“How’d I get here?”

“I brought you here. You needed time to heal,” she said, glancing at his tattered tuxedo.

Josh looked down at his chest. “How long have I been here?”

“A little over a day.”

Josh suddenly realized this should have been his first question: “H-h-how am I alive?”

The woman’s smile wavered. “Technically speaking, you’re not alive.”

“Am I in heaven?”

The woman snickered. “No. Same old New York. Only you are different. This is going to come as a shock, and I doubt you’ll believe me, but I turned you into a vampire… to sa…”

She never got the chance to finish. Josh burst into laughter, rudely interrupting her explanation.

“You’re joking, right?” he asked as he wiped tears from his eyes.

“No. I realize it is hard to believe, but how else could you be upright and talking to me. You were on the verge of death when I found you.”

Josh didn’t know how to respond. His hand travelled over his body again, checking all the places he knew he should have ghastly wounds, but each place was perfectly fine.

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