“Yeah, sure, but you’re not going anywhere right now, ‘cept maybe to sleep,” Kelly replied.
“I had a hallucination out on the highway…” Simon’s words were starting to sound thick.
“Hmm? What kind? A good one?”
“Weird. There ‘as this wuf,” Simon whispered. His body was going slack, but his fingers were plucking restlessly at the blanket over his legs.
“Sounds like a good one to me.”
“He…help’d me…He almos’ look’d like he wuz thinkin’…”
“Maybe he was worried about you,” Kelly said softly. He leaned forward and placed a gentle kiss on Simon’s lips.
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