Chapter 12

• Someone was shaking me awake and it was getting annoying. I swatted the hand away again, but it came back like it did whenever I tried to get rid of it.
• I wished I could open my eyes and slap the person so hard that they would find it difficult to get their bearings for a week, but I had to open my eyes first and I was too tired to open them.
• I had been by Dad’s side for almost a week now with little to no sleep because I wanted to see if he would wake up and those sleepless nights had finally gotten to me.