Aftermath by Angel Martinez

Author:Angel Martinez [Martinez, Angel]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Published: 2012-05-08T02:51:06+00:00

Aftermath

by Angel Martinez

"Your health is important too. Especially since Cody's expressed some concerns about it."

He scrubbed his hands over his face, irritated. "I don't sleep well. Would you?"

"You have trouble falling asleep? Or you wake frequently?

Or the sleep you get is restless?" She handed him the box of chocolates that always sat on her table during sessions.

Victor had been refusing the sweets, now he took one without thinking. Dark outer shell, almond cream. "Good chocolate. Belgian?"

"Yes." She waited, head leaning on her hand, forever patient.

"All right, fine. All of it. I can't fall asleep at night. I'm constantly waking up. I get these horrible feelings that something's happened and I jerk awake. To check if he's still there and still breathing. Silly, I know."

"Do you think it's silly to feel anxious?"

Vic stared at his hands, following the lines of old scars.

"No, I guess not. Not since..." He let out a snort. "I guess worry takes a lot out of a man."

Paula swung her feet down and reached into a nearby drawer. "I'm going to prescribe a sleep aid for you, Vic.

Something that should help take the edge off the restlessness but not leave you groggy in the morning. Would that be all right?"

For a moment, Vic bristled at the idea. Here they were coming to her to help Cody and she wrote up prescriptions for him? But she had a point. If he let his health fail, he wouldn't be any help to Cody at all. "All right. I guess it couldn't hurt."

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