She tried to open her eyes in the dusky dawn and couldn’t manage it. She turned to flip off the alarm and sharp pain shot through her entire body. Suzy froze, afraid to move again. The alarm punctuated the air with frantic little beeps. Mustering her courage, Suzy forced her arm to move and hit the switch. Every muscle in her body ached, and her knee throbbed with each effort. It was the worst possible time to take off from work, but there was no way she could make her body sit in a chair all day, let alone type at a computer. She lifted the phone, punched in the numbers and called in sick. Then she closed her eyes and promptly fell asleep. The phone woke Suzy next. Raising her head slightly, she looked at the numbers on the clock. Ten AM. She’d slept for three more hours. The phone continued to ring as Suzy carefully inched her way to the edge of the bed. “Hello.” “Good morning. Did I wake you?” Scott’s voice sent a charge of electricity through her. “No, no you didn’t.”
