Page 114 of Revv

There is a lizard on the shower wall.

A real fucking lizard.

Inside.

With me.

For half a second, my brain simply refuses to process it.

Then it twitches.

I scream so loudly my own ears ring.

“AY, FUCK! NO. NO, NO, NO.”

I slam backward into the opposite wall, nearly slipping in the process while the tiny demon clings to the tile like this is somehow his bathroom.

“What the fuck are you doing in here?” I yell at it, because apparently I expect an answer.

It moves again, and I scream again.

Hell no.

I grab the towel off the hook and wrap it around myself so fast I nearly strangle myself with it.

There’s movement outside the bathroom followed by Revel’s voice.

“Cece?”

Thank God.

I rush to the door, unlock it, and yank it open.

Revel is standing there with a takeout bag in one hand and the room key in the other, eyebrows pulled together.

“Uh, what's going on?”

“There is a monster in the shower.”

His expression changes immediately. “A monster?”

“Yes!”

He stares at me, then looks over my shoulder into the bathroom, and back at me.

“Monster? Are we sure?”

“Yes, cabrón. A massive fucking monster. On the wall. In the shower.”

His mouth twitches, but he sets the food down and heads toward the bathroom instead of laughing.

I stay near the vanity, gripping the towel closed while he steps through the steam and leans toward the shower.

For a second, he just stares.

Then he looks back at me.

“Mama.”