Joy’s POV

“Hey there nerd!” a familiar, male voice cooed as a big warm hand caressed my head. “You look pretty banged up. You could easily be the poster child for the ‘Ugly Duckling’ ,” he added with a chuckle.

This idiot, ughh.

But my head hurt so bad.

What happened?

My head spun as the haranguing sound of someone old and female crying bled my internal mind ears. I felt a splitting headache threatening ...