Whispered Reassurance

When the medications finally wore off, Valerie came to again. It was already evening.

She barely got any real sleep.

She was just drifting in and out, stuck in that blurry space between dreaming and waking.

Her thoughts flickered, sometimes sharp, sometimes totally out of it.

Finally, Valerie's eyes fluttered open, a wave of pain washing over her.

Even though Roman had set her up in a spacious VIP