Heartache High: The Primer Page 3

  When he pulls back from kissing my cheek, he’s crying without any hint of shame.

  ‘These machines have already been either switched off or disconnected!’ the nurse declares angrily.

  ‘It was me,’ Heddy confesses. ‘I’ve seen how they all work before; I flicked the switches as soon as I saw Gillian didn–’

  ‘You can’t just go doin–’

  ‘Yes she can,’ her dad defends her adamantly. ‘My daughters have always been independent minded.’

  ‘I’ll switch them back–’

  ‘No, you won’t!’ Gillian’s dad stretches out a powerful arm, stopping the nurse from reaching the switches. ‘She won’t ever get her strength back if she remains reliant on these machines.’

  ‘But the doct–’

  ‘I’ll answer to the doctor.’

  The nurse purses her lips irately. But she doesn’t make any further protest.

  Instead, she moves round to me, pulling back the bed sheets, taking my bare arm in her hand and checking my pulse.

  I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s racing.

  If the machines are off, I’m stuck here in Gillian’s body a while longer.

  I can’t go back to Heartache High just yet now, can I?

  Excerpt End

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