46. Rest with Jbm and Schneep?
“No, you are not, Jackie,” Henrik huffed upon seeing the state that Jackie was in.
“Henrik, I’m good. I just need to some coffee and then I’ll be good to go,” Jackie tried to reason.
“Uh huh, and the bags under your eyes? You staying up or getting up in the middle of the night? And don’t act like that I don’t know that you haven’t been sleeping well, either!” Henrik counter.
“Look, Henrik, it comes with the job. I’m Septic City’s vigilante. Their Super Hero. Both as Jackieboy Man and as Officer Jackson. I’m going to be on call and sometimes me sleep schedule will be off. It’s nothing really.” Jackie tried to shrug it off.
“And the nightmares?” Jackie froze at that. “Yes, I know about them, Jackie and you got to stop beating yourself up! There was absolutely nothing you could do. You need to go and talk to Dr. Rilia. She’s a good therapist and she has all the expertise there is to help you with this.”
“I guess -” Jackie yawned and tried to hide it behind his hand. “You’re right, Henrik. But it’ll have to -” Jackie yawned again feeling very tired all of a sudden.
“Wait, until tomorrow after you get a good nights rest?” Henrik suggested. He took Jackie’s arm and steered him to the couch. Jackie dozed off the minute that his head hit the pillow. Henrik cover Jackie with a blanket and retrieved both mugs of coffee.
After turning all the lights out, and heading back to his lab to finish up the bit of paperwork. “I thought that mild sleeping pill that slipped in your coffee would never work.”
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