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I woke before Havoc came home.
For a few seconds, I lay still beneath the blankets and tried to pretend the ache in my stomach belonged to sleep. Then I moved, and pain pulled across my side hard enough to bring everything back. Millie was gone, Roy was blocked, every curtain in the house was closed, and the purple pajamas were still folded in a drawer down the hall waiting for a little girl Havoc had promised would never come home.
I rolled onto my back and stared at the ceiling until I heard the front door open. My body tightened automatically as heavy footsteps crossed the living room, then continued down the hall.
Havoc appeared in the bedroom doorway still wearing yesterday’s jeans and a black T-shirt. He looked at me once, took in my swollen cheek and split lip, then tossed s
