Chapter41: Watch your words

Kelvin woke with a mild headache. He tried to push himself into a sitting position and someone rushed to help him. Thinking it was his wife, he slid his arm around her waist and pulled her close to him. He missed her. The events of yesterday were foggy, he could remember asking her to leave but he wasn’t sure she did because someone had come back later to kiss him. The person didn’t speak so he assumed it was his wife keeping quiet to avoid his wrath. He wouldn’t have been angry at her. To be honest, he appreciated the fact she came back. He was getting used to sleeping in the same room with his wife. And with his brain picking up slowly after he ate one of his triggers, he wanted someone he trusted around him. Someone like Leila. “You stayed,” he whispered into her chest. The drugs might have been the reason he said, “Thank you.” One of the things he hated about the drugs given to him after a relapse was how disoriented it left him. He froze when the person laughed, pulling back from