Beth struggled to keep her eyes open. She’d had a busy day, but after the amazing sleep she’d gotten the night before, it hadn’t felt so bad. But now? The day and the lack of sleep before last night, was catching up to her. But Sadist had said he’d come back after he got off work, and she was waiting for him.
A glance at the clock told her it was pushing eleven and she ached to go to bed. The day pulled at her and her eyelids weighed fifteen pounds each. She jerked awake and wondered, not for the first time, if she would make it until Billy got here or if she would fall asleep before that happened.
Her head dipped and she started to nod off again, only to be jarred awake by a knock on the door. Groggy she stood and went to the door, opening it without checking who it was.
“Did you even
