Page 42 of The Dangers of Daydreaming (Love Connections #2)

Awak e

Finn

I was fixing the roof when I got the call.

It was stupid, but we’d had a little storm and several shingles had come off, and I didn’t want a single thing added to Gram’s plate, so there I was, on top of the roof, when I saw her name flash across my phone.

Dread pooled in my stomach. Gram had been sending me updates two or three times a day until I could get there to visit, but she didn’t usually call. Why was she calling?

I couldn’t wait till I got off the roof. I needed to know now, even if it was bad news.

My fingers answered the call and pressed the phone to my ear in a dreamlike state. “Gram?”

“Finn! He’s… he’s awake!” Gram’s voice was halting and wet from sobs or hiccups or something, but her words were clearly heard.

“He’s awake?”

“He’s awake!”

I jumped to my feet, tossing the hammer to the side and making for the ladder propped against the side of the house with nimble feet.

“I’m coming! I’m on my way now, I’m—” My shoe caught on a loose shingle, and I tripped on my feet, stumbling forward.

My phone flew from my hand, over the edge, and my arms pinwheeled.

It was hopeless. I tipped over the edge, the wind pushing against me as fruitlessly as my attempts at grabbing the ladder. Then I hit the ground.