Everest
Having only just gone to sleep, it takes Ever a moment to discern that the sound of Beyonce's Irreplaceable is coming from beneath his pillow and not from the dream he'd just been having about singing on broadway. Quite when Mateo changed it from Celine Dion's, "My Heart Will Go On", he has no idea. He'd change his password again if he thought it would do any good.
"mmmmnnnnnnn?" The paramedic answers, rolling onto his back with his eyes closed. Petunia yowls at him from the foot of the bed, and instantly Ever pulls his feet up to give the cat her space.
"mmmmnnnnnnn?" The paramedic answers, rolling onto his back with his eyes closed. Petunia yowls at him from the foot of the bed, and instantly Ever pulls his feet up to give the cat her space.
I was a dead man walking,
with bloodshot eyes—right place, wrong time.
with bloodshot eyes—right place, wrong time.
