Nathan I had managed to get some sleep after my brief phone call with Edward, but it was a fitful sort of sleep. The flu I was suddenly inflicted with made it difficult to get any proper rest, and I found myself tossing and turning in an attempt to make myself comfortable. But my body was sore all over, and no matter which way I laid, I just couldn’t lay there without feeling like my bones were digging into the mattress in some way or another. Finally, with an annoyed sigh, I flopped over onto my back. I attempted to sit up, figuring that maybe a little walk around the house would do me some good, but it was no use. It was as if my body was filled with bricks, and I was sinking under the ocean. I wasn’t sure how long I laid there. An hour, maybe two? All I knew was that the house was

