Chapter 87

• I can hear Robert talking on the phone. He sounds angry.
• ‘You must have a doctor on call. She’s been completely out of it for 24 hours, it could be serious. Fine.’
• He hangs up. I try hard to open my eyes and can just make out Robert standing next to the bed. ‘Thank you,’ I try to say, but I have no voice, so it comes out in a husky whisper. I ’m boiling hot and my bones are aching, I feel like I’m sinking through the mattress.