Chapter 8

Give Them Nightmare

Kyle

“Are you taking the medications I prescribed, McDavid?” The team’s doctor inquires dead serious and looks at me from behind his desk, glasses pushed down low on the tip of his nose.

“Nah, Doc. It’s not that bad anymore.” I’m tying my shoelaces as quickly as I can, I can’t wait to leave because I hate all those cabinets.

The last time I did my checkup he gave me some kinds of painkillers, I don’t remember the name and I don’t care about them. I know most of the guys on the team take them, especially Jared, but it’s not for me. The pills helped me with the pain, but they were also making me sleepy. I couldn’t feel much, not just pain. Anything. And even if it sounds funny- I hated that. It was as if I was out of control, even of the discomfort. So I simply stopped taking them eventually.

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