Missy: Day Twelve
Day Twelve “Rise and shine Missy girl!” I blinked my eyes open, my lids gritty from the deep sleep. I took a deep breath and felt it ache throughout my whole body. I must have made some kind of noise of pain. “Aw poor baby, are you sore Missy?” Mommy asked, leaning down to run her hand over my messy auburn hair. I opened my mouth to tell her yes and found found my throat raw and my mouth dry. “Here Missy, take these with some water,” she placed two pain pills in my mouth and held a straw up to my mouth to drink. I sucked down the water eagerly, the cool liquid soothing my throat and waking me up a little more. I felt the bed dip as Mommy sat down beside me. …