Capítulo 11: Chapter 11

He squinted one eye and tilted his head like I didn’t make any kind of sense. “You don’t like feeling less pain?” He drew the words out. They were heavily laced with incredulity.

I couldn’t help the quirk of my lips. He was funny. “My head. I don’t like feeling…” I cast about for the right word, trying to be articulate and accurately describe it. In the end I had no choice but to settle on “fuzzy.”

Noah was silent for a long moment, and then he blew out a breath. He closed his eyes and pinched the bridge of his nose. Then he placed both hands on the counter and spoke to it instead of me. “You do know that it’s not only about…making you feel the hurt less. It’s about making you comfortable so you can rest. Because rest is extremely important to the healing process. They don’t give out these drugs willy-nilly, Travis. If they’ve been prescribed, it’s important to—”