Chapter 48

Vincent showed up at Rebecca’s to take her to dinner. He knocked on the door but there was no answer. He knocked three times and still nothing, so he tried the door. “Unlocked. Of course,” he muttered as he opened her door. “Rebecca, I have told you. Leaving your door unlocked isn't safe,” he shouted. He waited for her to yell back but got nothing. He could hear a sound but, he wasn’t sure what it was. “Rebecca? Are you okay?” He shouted. No answer but the noise again. He ran up the stairs, the sound getting louder, “Rebecca?” He walked to the bathroom door that wasn’t closed all the way. Rebecca was sitting on the floor beside the toilet with her head against the wall. She had a towel wrapped around her she looked like she had gotten out of the shower before she got sick. “Rebecca,” he rushed to sit beside her.

“Vince?” She said lifting her head and looking at him through the tears that were in her eyes from all the vomiting she had been doing for the last hour.

“Hey. I’m here, Rebec