"Charles." Leah said pushing the empty bowl away from her.
"Yes?" Charles said wiping the counter.
"I don't feel so good." she said rubbing her belly.
"Do you need to vomit?"
"No.., can you help me upstairs I feel extremely weak."
Charles took her by the hand and she leaned up against him feeling light headed and dizzy. It was a struggle to put one foot in front of another and Charles had to scoop her up in his arms and carry her upstairs and he felt the lightness of her frail, weak body in his arms. It was as if he were carrying a bag of pillows in his arms, but her body was a bag of bones and skin. He laid her back down in the comfortable warm bed and pulled the covers up over her. She looked up in his eyes and she looked tense and uncertain.
"What is it Leah, you can tell me."
"Well," she paused speaking in a whisper. "When they took me.., I wasn't alone Charles." she said eyes darting back and forth with her nervousness.
"And?" he asked.
"There was a man, Slater, my boyfriend/dealer. I am afraid they might have taken him too, but I don't know what happened." she said her voice getting faster her eyes darting back and forth as she grabbed up at his shirt. "Do you think they took him Charles? Why would they do that, he has no idea who I am. He never knew Xation, why would they take him?" she asked frantically clutching at him.
"Leah, Leah." Charles said taking her hands in his trying to calm her. "Just relax, let's not get worked up about something that we have no information about."
"You don't know anything about it?" she asked tears welling up in her green eyes.
"I can honestly tell you, I have no idea what they are up to." and this was the truth, well half of it, he thought.
"Yes?" Charles said wiping the counter.
"I don't feel so good." she said rubbing her belly.
"Do you need to vomit?"
"No.., can you help me upstairs I feel extremely weak."
Charles took her by the hand and she leaned up against him feeling light headed and dizzy. It was a struggle to put one foot in front of another and Charles had to scoop her up in his arms and carry her upstairs and he felt the lightness of her frail, weak body in his arms. It was as if he were carrying a bag of pillows in his arms, but her body was a bag of bones and skin. He laid her back down in the comfortable warm bed and pulled the covers up over her. She looked up in his eyes and she looked tense and uncertain.
"What is it Leah, you can tell me."
"Well," she paused speaking in a whisper. "When they took me.., I wasn't alone Charles." she said eyes darting back and forth with her nervousness.
"And?" he asked.
"There was a man, Slater, my boyfriend/dealer. I am afraid they might have taken him too, but I don't know what happened." she said her voice getting faster her eyes darting back and forth as she grabbed up at his shirt. "Do you think they took him Charles? Why would they do that, he has no idea who I am. He never knew Xation, why would they take him?" she asked frantically clutching at him.
"Leah, Leah." Charles said taking her hands in his trying to calm her. "Just relax, let's not get worked up about something that we have no information about."
"You don't know anything about it?" she asked tears welling up in her green eyes.
"I can honestly tell you, I have no idea what they are up to." and this was the truth, well half of it, he thought.
