Chapter 15

Off in the distance, I could hear Megan’s incessant tapping on my bedroom door.  It competed with Evan’s heartbeat as I lay cradled against him with my head resting on his chest.  I struggled to be coherent enough to separate the two sounds in the darkened room.   When I was awake enough to understand what was happening.  I found it easier to roll over Evan’s body to the edge of the bed, rather than to try to lift the dead weight of his protective arm off me.   When I did, I was surprised by the fact that  he didn’t awaken.  He was clearly at ease for the first time in a long time. 

I grabbed my robe to cover my nakedness and answered the door.

Megan stood with the look of a woman who’d just woken up from a long winter’s nap. 

“It’s after midnight,” Megan said with a sleepy voice.  “I fell into a ridiculously deep sleep.”

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