Chapter 24 c Proven

He laid his head down and simply gazed across the short distance at the young woman. Her skin was very fair, yet still pink. Her body was slender and very delicate, dressed in a light purple dress, and under the flood of light, it was only her and him. Her gaze jerked uneasily as if she were at the very top of a roller coaster when it decided to stop, but then, after some time had passed, she slid her legs off of the gurney and came to stand next to it. She came nearer to the end of the gurney, and as she came to the edge, she paused.

Iggy gripped tighter and shut his eyes harder, whispering to himself, “close your eyes, close your eyes, close your eyes,” as if he were feeding from Emi’s breast… Red saturated his mind. He opened his eyes and saw the woman release herself from the security of the gurney, and head out into the open between her bed and his. Firmin wanted him to resist too, he was sure of it… but for how much longer he didn’t know.