Asleep by Krystal Wade

Author:Krystal Wade
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Juvenile Fiction, Fairy Tales & Folklore, Adaptations
ISBN: 9780997010411
Publisher: Blaze Publishing, LLC
Published: 2016-02-16T08:00:00+00:00

15

“Let’s go in tonight.”

Rose discovered Phillip right where she’d left him, situated at the table in Hall F with a bunch of lunatics surrounding him. Everyone except Phillip wore shiny blue bowler coats with polished silver buttons and carried Styrofoam cups with plastic lids on them. Hot chocolate, Rose assumed, given what Underwood had said.

Phillip grinned up at her, and his mischievous smile nearly took her breath away. He truly was a beautiful, mysterious creature, all angelically handsome on the outside and dark and deadly on the inside. She liked that about him, that his cover contained images that didn’t correlate with everything going on in the book. “Want to eat before we go on Mission Impossible?”

She stood silent for a minute amidst the commotion, listening to the hoots and hollers of the other patients, and wondered at what point she started considering Phillip a friend instead of just that crazy guy who spouted off random things. They talked every chance they could get. Rose sought him out, and he always seemed to be waiting. Pinpointing the exact moment their friendship began eluded her abilities, but she guessed it didn’t matter. “You’ve seen that movie?”

“Only a million times in the common area.”

“And here I thought they only played cartoons, or Flip the Channel.” Rose ran through the food line and returned with a steaming plate full of meatloaf and potatoes.

Phillip shrugged as she sat next to him, then handed her a napkin she promptly put in her lap. “Those two have only been here a few months.”

“Kind of not fair, you know? Besides, that show is dumb. The mouse clearly has an advantage over the cat, what with all those holes in the wall.”

“Are you kidding? A house cat has the luxury of time. And meals. The mouse has to come out to survive.”

“He’d survive a lot better if he made his home in a barn or something.”

“True,” Phillip said, “But then what would the purpose of the show be?”

After bantering back and forth some more about how the introduction of the dog changed everything, Rose inhaled dinner, wondering why Phillip was putting off the search for more information. She didn’t mind stopping for food—in fact, she hadn’t realized how hungry she was—but the longer they wasted time talking about cartoons and stupid movies, the less likely she would be to go through with their crazy impossible mission. After finishing, she wiped her mouth and asked, “What are we stalling for?”

Eyes scanning around the room, Phillip grabbed the tray and stood. “Would you like more?”

“Not if it means we’ll put this off even longer.”

“Come on, then.” Phillip headed toward the tray bin near the door. “We need to get outside fast so as not to lose all the best seating.”

“Outside?” Rose raced to keep up. She didn’t want to go outside. That would only delay their quest for answers. Besides, the meteor shower would provide a perfect cover for them. The orderlies would all be busy keeping patients from escaping. They wouldn’t expect something to be going on in the doctor’s office.

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