Chapter 35: I hope King dies

I will hunt down Jamal and punish him for his crimes, he will rot in jail very far from you. You won’t have to worry about him when you wake, I will take care of him.”

She leaned down slowly and pressed a light feathery kiss to his shoulder, staring at him for a few seconds before pulling up straight.

“When you wake up, King, you’ll be free to do whatever you want, you’ll be as free as a bird to fly wherever you want. You don’t have to worry about the promises you made to me, I absolve you of them…” she took a shaky breath, “I will let you go. Just fly, fly King, wherever you want.”

*

Joan stepped out of Zenith hospital, her mother by her side. They were being watched, she knew, she could feel it. Ever since the incident at the park, she had become more alert and conscious of her environment and most times she got the feeling of being watched. It wasn’t Paranoia. She took great pain to keep her fear at bay so she could think clearly, it wasn’t Paranoia.

She wondered how King was a