Wish
Clenching my wrist as it throbs in pain, I look around to make sure that nobody has noticed.
Jesse is explaining about the hieroglyphs, but I’m not really listening, my ears ringing. I stare at the carvings, my mind racing. So many strange things have happened since Dad died. This is just one more to add to the list. Maybe, just maybe, I’m not going crazy and imagining all this.
I lift my hand to touch the carving again. This time, I bite my tongue to hold in my scream of pain. I’m not imagining it! I study my hand, which is red and throbbing, and my stomach twists in unease.