Chapter 5Pale pink light filtered through Jesse's closed eyelids, waking him gently. A sense of deep contentment seemed to illuminate his entire being. He opened slowly, taking in the not quite sunrise colors of the sky, pink fading to dark blue, with every imaginable shade of lavender. The wind blowing the evergreen perfume still had a chill bite, but wrapped in his warm wool blankets, his little friend cuddled close to his side, he scarcely felt it.
Ah, Addie. How sweet it is to wake up holding a woman. This must be what it's like to be married. I wonder if any of my friends have taken the plunge. Allie and Wes probably married the first second they could, though I would have expected Kristina to write me about it, and she hasn't said anything. What about Kristina? Did anyone take on he
