Sinful Whispers: A Collection of Forbidden Tales
“Night.”
I went upstairs and closed the guest room door quietly. I sat on the bed in the dark, listening to the house. After a while I heard the screen door open and close again as he came inside. His footsteps moved through the kitchen, then up the stairs, past my door, down the hall to the master bedroom.
The house settled into silence.
I lay back on the bed and stared at the ceiling, heart still beating too fast, the image of him on the porch in the dark stuck behind my eyes. I knew I wasn’t going to sleep anytime soon.
And somewhere down the hall, I was pretty sure he wasn’t either.