Triad’s Cure by Mae Pierce EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
- Novel Title: Triad’s Cure
- Author: Mae Pierce
- Language: English
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CAMI
THE HOUSE FELT LIKE a morgue when I walked in. The light from a lamp
filled the space, an attempt to warm the deceased. My heart ached tenderly,
knowing my mother likely switched it on before she left to take up vigil at the
hospital again.
It was skirting two in the morning when I closed the door, my muscles
aching from being used all night. The false smile had long slid off my face
and my shoulders drooped down and forwards. I looked toward the hallway
where my bedroom was but couldn’t make the few steps there. I slid onto the
couch instead and toed my shoes off with a hiss of relief. Next came my bra,
which I flung across the room, cursing its very existence. I folded my legs up
and tucked them under a threadbare blanket.
As I sank into the couch, my skin buzzed with an itch that no amount of
twisting and turning could satisfy. Hot tears pricked my eyes, at the futility of
it all. I had just finished a twelve-hour shift, my eyes dropping out of my
head for the majority. Now I could finally sleep but my body scrounged up a
speck of energy. It was enough to keep me staring wide-eyed at the ceiling.
The house was silent around me and I tucked the blanket closer. I never
thought I would miss Dad’s snoring, but the house seemed empty without the
trumpeting from my parents’ room.
Sleep must have claimed me eventually, because when I woke, the sun was
streaming through the window and someone was slamming their fist on the
door. I dragged myself from the couch, aching in places I didn’t know I had.
Shuffling to the door, I paused before checking the peephole. You couldn’t
be too careful in this neighborhood. Luckily, it was the elderly man who lived
in the apartment next to ours. I opened the door a crack.
“Hey Gary, what can I do for you?” I asked, my voice rattling from the
smoke of the bar last night. I covered a cough, clearing my throat while he
brandished a thick envelope.
“Morning Cami. They’ve given me some of your mail again,” he said and
mumbled something under his breath about incompetent postal workers. I
took the mail and gave him a tight smile. He was a grump but at least he
didn’t keep it. I’d lost a package a month ago and I swear someone had
swiped it off the doorstep.
I thanked Gary and slipped back inside, turning the envelope over in my
hand. I recognized the logo of an hourglass turned on its side. Legion Co. was
a lifeline for me this past month. My fingers shook a little as I ripped the top
open. I slid the papers out and forced myself to breathe as I read the letter to
find the information I prayed was there.
Accepted.
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