Chapter 159

Lashes fluttering, Ruth tried to make sense of the ceiling above her. She didn't recall ever seeing it before, and given its distinctive appearance, thatched with live branches crisscrossing it, she wondered where she found herself. What was the last thing she remembered?

Hot sex with two guys at once. Oh dear God, how she'd prefer to dwell on that flashback rather than the one that saw her blithely walk away with strangers and end up drugged. I am that too-stupid-to-live girl in the movies. Maybe she'd blame her actions on the water. Or her bloody sister and her cryptic conversation. Speaking of whom, where was Carlie?

Ruth screamed as the object of her thoughts silently leaned over her, blocking her line of sight. "I see you're awake finally."

"Uh, yeah. Although, I think I'm having a heart attack."

A playful slap on the arm went well with Carlie's, "Wussy. I woke up to a face full of teeth and didn't even squeak."

"Seriously?"