Chapter FiveI woke up early
the next morning, reluctant to jump out of bed in the pre-dawn
chill. Soon after, I heard shuffling in the other room before Jay
knocked on the door softly.
“You up?”
“Hmm.”
“Just going for a
run.”
“Hmm.” I felt too
drowsily warm and snug to bother replying further or to move from
the comforting bed.
There was the soft
click of the door closing, then the dark shape of Jay through the
curtain as he walked across the lawn. I drowsed for a while
oblivious of time. The snick of the door opening came sooner than
expected. Wondering if Jay would mind putting off our departure by
an hour or two, I half-turned in anticipation of his knock on the
bedroom door again. It didn't come.
I raised myself on
my elbow almost certain I had heard the door open an
