Habit
“Only in his dreams, it wasn’t an indistinct killer at the wheel of the truck. Instead, his wife and daughter were in the cab, and he rammed the tractor into them over and over again.
As he came to and got his bearings, he was aware of how dry his mouth was. Next, he realized he was hooked up to some tubes. An IV. His vision came into focus and he looked around. He was in a hospital bed. Machines whirred and beeped nearby. A curtain cordoned off his area.
He lifted his head in order to l...ook down at himself and take inventory. He tried to lift his legs beneath the covering blankets. Something was restricting his movement; a brace of some kind around his thigh and hip. After only a short time, he dropped his head back to the pillow, exhausted. The attempts to move about aroused a dull pain that began to spread up from his hip. He gritted his teeth and moaned as it reached a startling climax. He was afraid he was going to pass out again. What had happened to him down there?MoreLess
As he came to and got his bearings, he was aware of how dry his mouth was. Next, he realized he was hooked up to some tubes. An IV. His vision came into focus and he looked around. He was in a hospital bed. Machines whirred and beeped nearby. A curtain cordoned off his area.
He lifted his head in order to l...ook down at himself and take inventory. He tried to lift his legs beneath the covering blankets. Something was restricting his movement; a brace of some kind around his thigh and hip. After only a short time, he dropped his head back to the pillow, exhausted. The attempts to move about aroused a dull pain that began to spread up from his hip. He gritted his teeth and moaned as it reached a startling climax. He was afraid he was going to pass out again. What had happened to him down there?MoreLess
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