VALERIE
I contemplated sleeping in the elevator that led to my apartment, tired and sluggish. Work was slowly getting hectic since we had more than five criminal cases we were working on and Saturday was the hearing.
I had been working non stop but definitely not compared to the actual lawyers that had the case. I wished to be like them pretty soon.
As the elevator kept taking me up to where my small apartment sat, I went over the happenings of the past week in my head.
After that hot, hot night, Kayden had left and then came back dejected and silent. I did not know why and I also did not know why I silently offered him my own measure of comfort, being there and holding him tight. It just felt… right.
The next morning, I had woken up with his head in between my legs, his hands ro
