Chapter 30: Emotional Control
For the first time in a long time, when Emily woke up in the middle of the night, it was not because a nightmare was chasing her out of the realm of sleep. No, what woke her from her precious sleep, was not a bad dream, but a phone call. Grumbling, it took a bit of effort for Emily to come awake enough to start searching for the blasted thing, her hand sticking out from the covers and rooting around her nightstand as she tried to find it.
When she finally found her phone,she grabbed it and pulled it under the covers with her. Placing the phone to her ear, she answered without even checking who it was.
"'ello?" There was a pause, then her boss's voice came through from the other end.
"Emily, I need you to come into work right now," She grunted, a very unladylike sound.
"Derek, I have no idea what sort of dream this is, but no matter how bad things get. I would have to be out of my mind to want to head into work in the dead of night. How about the two of us meet at the ocean and go swimming instead," She laughed, the sound coming off as though she were high.
There was a sigh on the other end.
"Emily, this is not a dream. I need you to shake off the cobwebs of sleep. My uncle has finally struck," That cleared all of the sleep from Emily and she shot up in bed.
There was no way, she would ever dream of Derek saying such a horrid thing. Phone still pressed to her ear she pinched herself.
It hurt, and also worked to dislodge the last of her sleep.