Chapter 42Emery
The grass was warm beneath Emery but there was a rock jabbing her in the side and she opened her eyes. No, not grass. And not a rock. The book she’d had on the nightstand. It must have fallen onto the bed. The bed at Mandy’s. She shoved the book aside and closed her eyes again, wanting to return to the dream. That dream she’d had several times in the past week. That beautiful dream full of warmth and intense feeling and…
Wait. Not a dream. Or was it? Because when Emery opened her eyes again, there was Lina next to her. For a moment, hazy images blended, merged then separated. Two Lina’s, the same, but different.
Emery blinked a couple of times and her eyes cleared. Still, in the dim light of morning, deep in sleep, Lina’s face resembled the younger dream-Lina. The lines
