บท 23: Daddy Is Not Waking Up!

Claire's POV

"Ring…

 Ring... 

Ring..."

My phone rang incessantly, cutting through the heavy haze of sleep. I had finally fallen asleep after taking my insomnia pills, but someone clearly had other plans for me. With my eyes still closed, I fumbled for the phone on the bedside table and pressed it to my ear.

"Hello?" I mumbled; my voice was groggy.

"Sob... Mommy!" A child's voice wailed on the other end, and I froze. Mommy? My heart skipped a beat. I didn't have a child.

"Son, you must have dialed the wrong number. I am not—"

"Daddy! He... he is not opening his eyes..." The panic in the child's voice snapped me fully awake. I jerked upright in bed, the haze of sleep evaporating.