Sunshine rained into Frank and Sarah’s room the next morning. He lay in bed with one arm behind his head. His other arm was around Sarah as she slept curled up beside him under a heavy comforter. For the last ten minutes he’d been staring into the receding shadows, thinking about the X-ray and his uncertain future. Mornings were the worst, when things were quiet, and the mind spun all sorts of unpleasant things to t*****e him. He pushed the dark thoughts back into a hole as Sarah stirred and draped her leg over his. The ample amount of raksi she’d drunk last night while he swapped stories with Pertemba and Tenzin had snuck up on her, and he’d had to carry her up to their room.
Smiling, he ran his hand back and forth over her back, musing on how he’d poured her into bed. In the hall outsid
