I stood up on shaky legs and turned on the cold tap, flinching as the cool water hit my blistering skin. I knew I needed to treat the injury with more than just cool water or risk the blisters becoming infected, but I left my arm under the running tap for a few more minutes to help with the pain. I didn’t deal with pain well, so I felt sweaty and dizzy, like I might throw up any second, but the sickness ebbed away the longer I held my forearm under the water.
“Grace?” I heard Hunter call out as he knocked on my bedroom door. “It’s eight fifteen,” he said, pointing out that it was past the time I had wanted to leave. “Is everything okay?”
“Yeah, everything’s alright,” I shouted back to him, trying to hide the tears from my voice. I turned off the tap and walked toward the door. “I uh- I’
