Capítulo 53: Chapter 53

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"No matter how many times you read it, it's still going to say the same thing."

"Huh?" the word croaked from my throat as I looked up at Jordan when he walked in before my eyes followed his back to the book in my hands. I cleared my throat. "Oh..." I ran my eyes over the paragraph I had been reading for the past hour and realised I had not actually read a word of it. I had not taken a word in, I was halfway through the book and I had no idea what it was about.

I swallowed as I closed the book and looked at the bed.

He didn't look like himself, his skin looked drained, like he was the victim in a vampire movie. His head was wrapped in bandage and there were tubes everywhere from his nose to his wrist. He looked so vulnerable. His hands were cold when I touched them, they were never cold before. His hair was longer, and he had some stubble growing.