Day TwelveThe alarm rang out at six o'clock and Bill reached over quickly to switch it off. He didn't want to awaken Joey too early. Leaning across Sally, he asked whether she was awake.
“No!” She pulled the covers over her head.
Bill laughed. “Okay. I'll get dressed first. You can lie there for a while longer.”
It wasn't long before he was dressed, shaved and ready to go downstairs.
“Sally,” he said. “I'm going downstairs now. I'll put the coffee on.”
He waited for a reply, but there was none. He bent over her. “Sally darling, you're still awake, aren't you?”
Sally poked her head out of the covers. “Yes, of course I'm awake.” Reaching up, she put her arms around his neck and pulled him close to her. She kissed him. “You go downstairs. I won't be long.”
“I don't know that I want to
