Chapter 5 Step Daddy’s PovThe first light of dawn comes through the curtains, making the room look very bright. I’m already dressed, standing by the door with my hand on the knob. The room still smells like lavender and sex, and the combination makes my chest hurt. Sable is still asleep, curled up tight in the spot where my arm was a few minutes ago. Her dark hair is spread across my pillow. For a second I want to get back in, wrap myself around her, and stay there.Instead I slip out and close the door quietly. I spend the whole day avoiding the house, running errands that don’t need to be done, working on things that can wait. Anything to stay away from the memory of her body under mine, the way she said my name, the feeling of her coming around me.When I finally get back that evening the house is too quiet. I find her in the kitchen, back to me, staring out the window over the sink. I can see the tension in her shoulders from across the room.“Where were you?” Her voice is flat
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