Chapter 10

Cole’s POV

Tuesday, January 23

I fall from my bed as I violently fight against the blankets that I have wrapped around me. My ass hitting the floor jars my back sending waves of sharp pain through my back and legs, knocking the breath out of me in the process. I immediately start into dry heaves as my body starts trying to rid itself of what little I managed to eat yesterday. I scramble on all fours, never making it to my feet, as I push myself to the bathroom, heaving dinner into the toilet. As I sit back against the tub, I realize that not only am I in a serious panic attack but I’m starting into a bad asthma attack as well. I’m gasping for breath as my panic consumes me. It takes everything I have to keep myself sitting up but I know it’s not going to last as black spots litter my vision. I manage to check my watch and register in my mind that it’s midnight.

‘Great, still seven hours before someone finds me.’ I think to myself as I collapse.