The house was shrouded in silence and darkness when we entered. I still had the blanket clutched around myself as I desperately tried to warm up. My teeth chattered and my body shivered and the hot shower Alex had mentioned sounded like heaven.
He urged me along, guiding me back to my room through the darkness.
Heading into the ensuite bathroom, he was about to turn on the light when I stopped him. "You can leave it off," I simply said, offering no further information. In truth, I merely felt that turning on the bright lights would make it harder for me to get back to sleep when it was time.
He retracted his hand from the switch, leaving it at that, but turning his attention now to the shower.
He started the water for me, waiting with his arm under the stream for the temperature to inc
