• kisses and cookies • "I... I... it's a prank!" He sits up, still shocked and confused. "A prank of you raising a pillow in the middle of the night, looking at me like that..." "Like what?" "Like you want to kill me." I burst out a laugh. "Oh please! You're being delusional! You think I would kill you? Why the f**k would I kill you?" "I don't know. You tell me." "Are you serious right now?" I leap and sit on his lap. "Why the f**k would I kill you? I can't f*****g live without you, you dumb ass." "Yes, you can live without him!" Olivia intrudes, sitting on the bed. I freeze for a moment, staring at her in disbelief. She's real. She's not just in my dreams. She's sitting on the bed next to her father. I pinch myself hard but she's still there, smiling at me. "Hey!" Erik snaps h

