Touch Me, Daddy
She looks exhausted.
I slide her notebook back over, throat dry. "Only one book to read for our next session." That gives her the whole weekend, too. She can rest before she reads. Why the hell is she so tired? "Are you keeping on top of your other classes?"
"Yes." Sarah's staring past my shoulder out of the window, at the birds hopping in the tree branches. She looks so worn down.
My gut twists, and I lean closer across the table, reaching for her wrist. To tell her what, I don't know, but as I lean closer, I get a waft of her clothes. And she smells like–like beer, and smoke, and cheap spirits.