Chapter 31

I got to the nurse’s office and they got me up on the bed straight away so they could look at the back of my head. The nurse came into the room and she looked to be a woman in her 40’s with glasses and very short and plumpish. She saw the wound on the back of my head and looked at me with sympathy when she saw Leia standing there, leaning against the wall with her arms folded and tapping her stiletto heel on the floor. The nurse knew that she couldn’t oppose Leia or the twins. And I was stuck right in the middle of them. As soon as the nurse stitched up the back of my head, she gave me an ice pack to hold it against the wound and she left the room. “You better not let me down with this. What are you planning to do?” Leia asked, pushing off from the door. The enthusiasm on her face was very unsettling. I knew I wouldn’t be able to back down now, even if I wanted to. “The twins are only gone for a couple days. I’ll have to leave before they get back. I’m sick and tired of the drama here.