Chapter 9
Despite her exhaustion, Samantha had not slept well. She awoke early the next morning, well before her alarm went off. She grunted and growled, sounding like a grizzly awakening from a long hibernation. Precious sleep had been lost because her loser ex-boyfriend had shown up unannounced. That, alone, was enough to castrate him. Not to mention her might be stalker, Henry, had her wondering all night if he was sitting outside behind a bush staring at her apartment. As soon as she was thinking clearly, she found her hand snatching her phone from the nightstand. She felt a mixture of emotions when she saw that no one had texted her during the night. There was relief, primarily, but something else was also present. Was it disappointment? Hell, to the no. She shuddered and pushed the
