Chapter Twelve
If I was to be completely honest, the three days I took off TAFE weren’t necessary, but I felt it was. I had to give myself time to let everything sink in, and adjust to whatever it was Sarah and I had. I couldn’t keep Alicia off my mind and I saw her pale eyes everywhere. It was beginning to throw me off centre. I took longer to fall asleep, and much longer to wake up. I wasn’t as hungry, but that didn’t bother Sarah. She spent most of those three days at my home, when she wasn’t working. And the s*x was great, but it lacked something... it felt like something deep and critical was missing. But I brushed it off as my mind transitioning from friend to more. We had been close for any years, after all.
When I did go back to TAFE, Alicia looked instantly relieved, but then ne
