Chapter 10: Midnight RevelationI woke sometime in the middle of the night, curled around Pepper with my hand splayed on her stomach, while she held me in with her arm over mine. My knees were pulled up under hers, because Trixie had me hemmed in at the foot of the bed, sprawling as sleeping dogs do. And between all of that was the ghost of Natalie.
Far from the fireworks I had expected, and possibly even hoped for after Pepper’s lingering kiss, it was truly as I had offered, a subdued night of comforting a friend in need. We started off on the right foot. Both of us wearing little more than the over-sized T-shirts I pulled out of my dresser drawer. We stood at the side of the bed for the longest time, holding each other’s hands, afraid to look at anything other than the floorboards.
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