By the time I took a shower and crawled into bed—with Malachi still hanging around—it was nearly time for me to get up. I volunteered for the Verity Falls bake sale and craft fair in the town square weeks ago. Since it was near my shop, I planned to stop in and do some paperwork that I’d been neglecting once the fair was over.
However, I was exhausted. From going out and drinking, then getting home to Malachi’s temper tantrum, I’d drifted off to sleep without warning and the last thing I saw before the sleep won, was his face as he sat on the bed beside me.
But when I woke up in the morning, he was gone.
And, I wondered if I’d imagined it all in the first place.
Imagined him.
Getting ready for the day, I pulled on a pair of skinny jeans, my favorite black boots and an oversized blue
