The Book of Blood Volume 5 Babel's Children Part 9

The Book of Blood Volume 5 Babel's Children Part 9

'You need sleep too,' Cleve replied, curious to see how far the boy would push the issue. 'I don't need the stuff any more.' 'But you do,' Billy insisted, proffering the phial of capsules. 'You know how bad the noise is.' 'Someone said they're addictive,' Cleve replied, not taking the pills, 'I'll do without.' 'No,' said Billy; and now Cleve sensed a level of insistence which confirmed his deepest suspicions. The boy wanted him drugged, and had all along. 'I sleep like a babe,' Billy said. 'Please take them. They'll only be wasted otherwise.' Cleve shrugged. 'If you're sure,' he said, content - fears confirmed - to make a show of relenting. 'I'm sure.' Then thanks.' He took the phial. Billy beamed. With that smile, in a sense, the bad times really began. That night, Cleve answered the boy's performance with one of his own, appearing to take the tranquillisers as he usually d…