---Elaine----
I awoke with a start, blinking in confusion at the sunlight flooding across my bed. For a second, I couldn’t understand it. My window… it wasn’t supposed to face the sun. Then it hit me. This wasn’t my old bedroom. This was Kave’s room. Technically mine too now, though it would take time before I ever felt any sense of ownership in this space.
To my surprise, I had actually slept well in the new bed. Rolling onto my back, I stretched my arms and legs until my whole body loosened, before letting myself sink back into the pillows with a sigh of quiet relaxation. My eyes drifted to the other half of the bed—it was perfectly untouched.
Kave hadn’t slept with me last night. The thought made my chest tighten. Had he come home late and chosen to bed down somewhere else so he woul
