Chapter 17 A New Beat

I stared at Reece for a long while as he was the only thing I could see well in the dark. A bead of sweat rolled down his head, and I pushed myself to my feet so I could get to the window. The window was high on the wall so I had to place a high stool next to the wall to get to it. My only hope was that I wouldn't fall. Because both I and the stool wobbled as I reached up to push open the window.