Forty-five
Iris Miller
There was something wrong.
The pain hadn’t stopped, and I was in a bedroom that wasn’t mine. In fact, I wasn’t really sure where I was. I sat up abruptly. There was someone standing in the corner. “Anna?” I stared at my other roommate, not sure what she was doing here. The last thing that I remembered was having sex with Malaki.
Anna smiled at me. “Hi! Oh, you’re awake. I’m so glad.”
I grimaced. “What do you mean? What happened? Where am I?”
She made a face. “What’s the last thing that you remember?”
“I…I remember sleeping with Malaki.” I groaned. “I had sex with Malaki, I’m his mate now. I shouldn’t have been his mate. What was I thinking? And I’m…”
I bent over the side, and I puked. It went everywhere.
Anna let out a screech. “Ew!”
“Sorry,” I apologized, “I don’t feel good. I feel like…”