16LanceI lie beside Felicia on the bed, the sun beginning to set. She slept straight through the day and it looks like she’s going to sleep straight through the night, too. I can’t blame her. After everything she’s been through, she must be exhausted. I stare up at the ceiling as the shadows lengthen and the room creeps toward full darkness. Felicia rolls over and places her hand on my chest. I take her by the wrist and move it a few inches down, just below my pec. My heart is beating something fierce and I’m worried she might feel it, even in her sleep.
Bear’s words go over and over in my mind. I hear them again and again, and each time is like a punch in the face.
I try to blot them out. I imagine I am somewhere else, somebody else. I imagine that Felicia and I are really in one of tho
